Paul Cameron

[morningstar2651]

A thread on homosexuality was recently posted that frequently cites Paul Cameron (I don't expect it to last long, so I thought I ought to create a new thread).

If you don't recognise this name, now is a good time to learn who he is.

He was kicked out of the APA for several ethics violations.

Here is more information.

 

[outlaw]

On December 2, 1983, the American Psychological Association sent Paul Cameron a letter http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/Cameron_apaletter.html informing him that he had been dropped from membership. Early in 1984, all members of the American Psychological Association received official written notice that "Paul Cameron (Nebraska) was dropped from membership for a violation of the Preamble to the Ethical Principles of Psychologists" by the APA Board of Directors. Cameron has posted an elaborate argument about his expulsion from APA on his website, falsely claiming that he resigned from APA before he was dropped from membership. Like most organizations, however, APA does not allow a member to resign when they are being investigated.

In 1985, the American Sociological Association (ASA) adopted a resolution http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/ASA_resolution_1985.PDF which asserted that "Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented sociological research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism" and noted that "Dr. Paul Cameron has repeatedly campaigned for the abrogation of the civil rights of lesbians and gay men, substantiating his call on the basis of his distorted interpretation of this research." The resolution formally charged an ASA committee with the task of "critically evaluating and publicly responding to the work of Dr. Paul Cameron."

At its August, 1986 meeting, the ASA officially accepted the committee's report and passed the following resolution:The American Sociological Association officially and publicly states that Paul Cameron is not a sociologist, and condemns his consistent misrepresentation of sociological research. Information on this action and a copy of the report by the Committee on the Status of Homosexuals in Sociology, "The Paul Cameron Case," is to be published in Footnotes, and be sent to the officers of all regional and state sociological associations and to the Canadian Sociological Association with a request that they alert their members to Cameron's frequent lecture and media appearances.

Cameron's credibility was also questioned outside of academia. In his written opinion in Baker v. Wade (1985), Judge Buchmeyer of the U.S. District Court of Dallas referred to "Cameron's sworn statement that 'homosexuals abuse children at a proportionately greater incident than do heterosexuals,'" and concluded that "Dr. Paul Cameron...has himself made misrepresentations to this Court" and that "There has been no fraud or misrepresentations except by Dr. Cameron" (p.536). On page 536 of his opinion, Judge Buchmeyer noted the following examples of misrepresentations by Cameron to the Court: "(i) his sworn statement that "homosexuals are approximately 43 times more apt to commit crimes than is the general population" is a total distortion of the Kinsey data upon which he relies – which, as is obvious to anyone who reads the report, concerns data from a non-representative sample of delinquent homosexuals (and Dr. Cameron compares this group to college and non-college heterosexuals);
(ii) his sworn statement that "homosexuals abuse children at a proportionately greater incident than do heterosexuals" is based upon the same distorted data – and, the Court notes, is directly contrary to other evidence presented at trial besides the testimony of Dr. Simon and Dr. Marmour. (553 F. Supp. 1121 at 1130 n.18.)"
[Baker v. Wade, 106 Federal Rules Decisions 526 (N.D. Texas, 1985).]


Cameron has advocated that homosexuals be arrested, imprisoned, tortured, mutilated and then murdered “for the public good”
http://qrd.org/qrd/religion/anti/cameron/medical.consequences.rebuttal2.txt
http://www.geocities.com/ninure/cameron.html
http://www.hatecrime.org/subpages/hatespeech/cameron.html
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_cameron.html
http://www.pflagdetroit.org/Holy_War_OnGays.htm

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

On December 2, 1983, the American Psychological Association sent Paul Cameron a letter http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/Cameron_apaletter.html informing him that he had been dropped from membership. Early in 1984, all members of the American Psychological Association received official written notice that "Paul Cameron (Nebraska) was dropped from membership for a violation of the Preamble to the Ethical Principles of Psychologists" by the APA Board of Directors. Cameron has posted an elaborate argument about his expulsion from APA on his website, falsely claiming that he resigned from APA before he was dropped from membership. Like most organizations, however, APA does not allow a member to resign when they are being investigated.

In 1985, the American Sociological Association (ASA) adopted a resolution http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/ASA_resolution_1985.PDF which asserted that "Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented sociological research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism" and noted that "Dr. Paul Cameron has repeatedly campaigned for the abrogation of the civil rights of lesbians and gay men, substantiating his call on the basis of his distorted interpretation of this research." The resolution formally charged an ASA committee with the task of "critically evaluating and publicly responding to the work of Dr. Paul Cameron."

At its August, 1986 meeting, the ASA officially accepted the committee's report and passed the following resolution:The American Sociological Association officially and publicly states that Paul Cameron is not a sociologist, and condemns his consistent misrepresentation of sociological research. Information on this action and a copy of the report by the Committee on the Status of Homosexuals in Sociology, "The Paul Cameron Case," is to be published in Footnotes, and be sent to the officers of all regional and state sociological associations and to the Canadian Sociological Association with a request that they alert their members to Cameron's frequent lecture and media appearances.

Cameron's credibility was also questioned outside of academia. In his written opinion in Baker v. Wade (1985), Judge Buchmeyer of the U.S. District Court of Dallas referred to "Cameron's sworn statement that 'homosexuals abuse children at a proportionately greater incident than do heterosexuals,'" and concluded that "Dr. Paul Cameron...has himself made misrepresentations to this Court" and that "There has been no fraud or misrepresentations except by Dr. Cameron" (p.536).On page 536 of his opinion, Judge Buchmeyer noted the following examples of misrepresentations by Cameron to the Court: "(i) his sworn statement that "homosexuals are approximately 43 times more apt to commit crimes than is the general population" is a total distortion of the Kinsey data upon which he relies – which, as is obvious to anyone who reads the report, concerns data from a non-representative sample of delinquent homosexuals (and Dr. Cameron compares this group to college and non-college heterosexuals);
(ii) his sworn statement that "homosexuals abuse children at a proportionately greater incident than do heterosexuals" is based upon the same distorted data – and, the Court notes, is directly contrary to other evidence presented at trial besides the testimony of Dr. Simon and Dr. Marmour. (553 F. Supp. 1121 at 1130 n.18.)"
[Baker v. Wade, 106 Federal Rules Decisions 526 (N.D. Texas, 1985).]


Cameron has advocated that homosexuals be arrested, imprisoned, tortured, mutilated and then murdered “for the public good”
http://qrd.org/qrd/religion/anti/cameron/medical.consequences.rebuttal2.txt
http://www.geocities.com/ninure/cameron.html
http://www.hatecrime.org/subpages/hatespeech/cameron.html
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_cameron.html
http://www.pflagdetroit.org/Holy_War_OnGays.htm

But he's a Conservative. Surely, this must be a huge, world wide liberal conspiracy to frame him.

 

[morningstar2651]

The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy™?

 

[CSmrw]

It's bleedin VAST!

 

[wblastyn]

That poor innocent man was obviously set up by those terrible homosexuals and their "AGENDA!"