Psychol Rep. 2004 Apr;94(2):422-4. Related Articles, Links


What was really learned from Tasker and Golombok's (1995) study of lesbian
and single parent mothers?

Schumm WR.

School of Family Studies and Human Services, Justin Hall, Kansas State
University, 1700 Anderson Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66506-1403, USA.


Limitations of research on gays and family life are discussed, including the
low statistical power of small samples, a condition which increases the
likelihood of failing to reject null hypotheses. In particular, it is
observed that Fitzgerald in 1999 shifted from very tentative arguments in
her review of literature to rather conclusive statements in her abstract
about outcomes for children of gay parents. Furthermore, an often quoted
1995 article by Tasker and Golombok, upon closer examination, appears to
indicate that being raised in a lesbian family increases the odds of a child
later adopting a homosexual lifestyle even in the absence of homosexual
attractions. For such reasons, scholars and policymakers all should be very
cautious in accepting, at face value, at least some of the research being
reported on gays and family life.

Psychol Rep. 2003 Dec;93(3 Pt 1):793-802. Related Articles, Links


Molestations by homosexual foster parents: newspaper accounts vs official
records.

Cameron P.

Family Research Institute, Colorado Springs, CO 80962, USA.

To assess whether a systematic tally of newspaper accounts reflect official
foster-parent molestation a review of 6,444 news stories on Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe from 1989 through 2002 about child molestation yielded 33
stories involving foster parents. Of the 25 foster-parent perpetrators, at
least 15 (60%) engaged in homosexuality. In Illinois 1997-2002, 92 (34%) of
270 foster- or adoptive-parent perpetrators who engaged in "substantiated"
sexual abuse homosexually abused their charges. These findings suggest that
the proportion of homosexual perpetrators in a systematic tally of newspaper
stories is similar to the proportion of homosexual perpetrators in datasets
from large entities and put in question the current policy of utilizing
homosexuals as foster and adoptive parents

Psychol Rep. 2003 Oct;93(2):410-6. Related Articles, Links


Domestic violence among homosexual partners.

Cameron P.

Family Research Institute, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO 80962, USA.

Is domestic violence more frequent in homosexual partnerships? The 1996
National Household Survey of Drug Abuse, based upon a random sample of
12,381 adults aged 18 to 59 years, estimated that 828,900 men and 828,678
women engaged in homosexuality in the prior 12 months. Random surveys
indicated that at any given time, 29% of homosexual men and 32% of
homosexual women are in same-sex partnerships. The National Criminal
Victimization Survey for 1993 to 1999 reported that 0.24% of married women
and 0.035% of married men were victims of domestic violence annually versus
4.6% of the men and 5.8% of the women reporting same-sex partnerships.
Domestic violence appears to be more frequently reported in same-sex
partnerships than among the married.

Here's proof of how we're being "desensitized":

J Homosex. 2002;44(1):157-79. Related Articles, Links


The effect of movie portrayals on audience attitudes about nontraditional
families and sexual orientation.

Mazur MA, Emmers-Sommer TM.

Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019, USA.


This study examined the impact of motion pictures about the family on
viewers' attitudes about family life and sexual orientation. Viewers were
randomly assigned to view either Father of the Bride II (control group) or
Object of My Affection (treatment group). Viewers' attitudes toward
nontraditionalism and homosexuality were assessed before and after viewing
their respective film. Treatment and control groups significantly differed
in their attitudes toward nontraditionalism, but did not significantly
differ in their attitudes toward homosexuals after viewing their respective
films. However, the treatment group experienced more favorable attitudes
toward homosexuals than the control group after viewing the film. Gender
differences were also observed. Men were less tolerant of homosexuals and
held fewer nontraditional beliefs about the family than women. Implications
and discussion follow.

Psychol Rep. 2002 Feb;90(1):71-82. Related Articles, Links


Comment in:
a.. Psychol Rep. 2002 Aug;91(1):331-2.

Children of homosexual parents report childhood difficulties.

Cameron P, Cameron K.

Family Research Institute, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO 80962-2640, USA.

Referenced as both supporting and weakening the case for parenting by
homosexuals, 57 life-story narratives of children with homosexual parents
published by Rafkin in 1990 and Saffron in 1996 were subjected to content
analysis. Children mentioned one or more problems or concerns in 48 (92%) of
52 families. Of the 213 scored problems, 201 (94%) were attributed to the
homosexual parent(s). Older daughters in at least 8 (27%) of 30 families and
older sons in at least 2 (20%) of 10 families described themselves as
homosexual or bisexual. These findings are inconsistent with propositions
that children of homosexuals do not differ appreciably from those who live
with married parents or that children of homosexuals are not more apt to
engage in homosexuality.

If Chuck was right, and 13% of the population is homosexual, then why do
they account for half of the molestations on school kids?


Psychol Rep. 2002 Feb;90(1):173-4. Related Articles, Links


Do homosexual teachers account for about half of news stories of
molestations of pupils? A Boston Globe replication.

Cameron P.

Family Research Institute, Colorado Springs, CO 80952-2640, USA.

Homosexual interaction was involved in 11 (48%) of 23 and 10 (45%) of 22,
that is, about half of two nationwide databases of newspaper stories about
teachers sexual involvement with pupils reported by Cameron and Cameron in
1998. Whether this relationship holds at a local level was examined by
searching all indexed 'sex crimes' in the Boston Globe from 1991 through
1998 for local stories about sex between pupil and teacher. Of the 21
teachers in 20 stories, 11 (52%) interacted homosexually with pupils. Thus
it appears that nationally and locally, as reported in newspapers, about
half of the molestations by teachers are homosexual.

Chuck's 13% figure is way too high.

Psychol Rep. 1998 Jun;82(3 Pt 1):861-2. Related Articles, Links


"Definitive" University of Chicago sex survey overestimated prevalence of
homosexual identity.

Cameron P, Cameron K.

Family Research Institute, Colorado Springs 800962, USA.

The 1994 University of Chicago "definitive" survey of adults estimated
prevalence of homosexuality among males at 2.8% and among females at 1.4%.
Corrected for the exclusion of those over the age of 59 years, the estimates
should be 2.3% and 1.2%.

J Psychol. 1997 May;131(3):313-32. Related Articles, Links


Did the APA misrepresent the scientific literature to courts in support of
homosexual custody?

Cameron P, Cameron K.

Family Research Institute, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-2640, USA.

In 1994, American Psychological Association amicus briefs informed two state
Supreme Courts that (a) homosexual parents are not more apt to have
homosexual children; (b) lesbians "score significantly higher than
heterosexual parents" on a measure of parental effectiveness; and (c) no
differences between the children raised by homosexuals and nonhomosexuals
had been found "regardless of the geographic region within the United States
where the children were raised." In fact, the evidence from these briefs
shows to the contrary that (a) homosexual parents are more apt to have
homosexual children; (b) the findings on parental effectiveness consisted of
15 fathers being less verbal than 45 mothers; and (c) the finding of no
differences between homosexually and heterosexually raised children
consisted of investigators visiting 11 states to test 89 offspring of 83
lesbian vs. 81 children of 69 nonlesbian volunteers. The APA's support for
gay rights in these briefs may have violated its own ethical principles that
"psychologists base their statements on scientifically acceptable
psychological findings and techniques with full recognition of the limits
and uncertainties of such evidence" and that psychologists must "provide
thorough discussion of the limitations of their data, especially where their
work touches on social policy" (APA, 1981).

Psychol Rep. 1995 Apr;76(2):611-21. Related Articles, Links


Does incest cause homosexuality?

Cameron P, Cameron K.

Family Research Institute, Washington, DC 20013, USA.

A random sample of 5,182 adults from 6 U.S. metropolitan areas were
questioned about incestuous sexual relationships during childhood. Incest
was disproportionately reported by both male and female bisexuals and
homosexuals. 148 gays (7.7% of the sample) reported 14 (50%) of same-sex,
and 7 (22%) of opposite-sex incestuous experiences, and 20 (69%) of same-sex
and 2 (3%) of opposite-sex sexual experiences with other relatives. 88
lesbians (3% of the sample) reported 2 (33%) of same-sex incest and 7 (9%)
of opposite-sex incest and 1 (17%) of same-sex and 10 (13%) of opposite-sex
sexual experiences with other relatives. 12% of 98 male homosexuals vs 0.8%
of 1,224 male heterosexuals with a brother reported brother-brother incest.
These findings are consonant with those of other studies in which
disproportionately more incest by homosexuals was reported. As opposed to an
evolutionary genetic hypothesis, these data support the alternative that
homosexuality may be learned, since homosexuals do not produce children at
sustainable levels and the incidence of homosexuality varies as a function
of various social factors. Incest cannot be excluded as a significant basis
for homosexuality.

NOYB wrote:
Here's proof of how we're being "desensitized":

J Homosex. 2002;44(1):157-79. Related Articles, Links


The effect of movie portrayals on audience attitudes about nontraditional
families and sexual orientation.

Mazur MA, Emmers-Sommer TM.

Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019, USA.


This study examined the impact of motion pictures about the family on


It's not proof, you ninny. It's someone's research paper.