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The ‘gold standard’ of science is published research, not books about research per se, but rather scientific articles in peer-reviewed publications. On this score, only about 1% of Ph.D.s and M.D.s ever publish such articles, only about 2% of that group ever places an article in one of the handful of premier science journals, and only about 10% of this last group is ever asked to serve as a peer-reviewer of others’ research.
The scientists at FRI do original scientific research and have been asked to review the work of other scientists. Everything FRI has published has passed scientific peer-review. Its articles have been cited in major legal decisions, used by Congressional researchers, and employed by various State officials in blocking gay rights legislation and administrative proposals.
Only FRI has been able to publish — unchallenged in the professional literature — three different peer-reviewed articles proving scientific malfeasance on the part of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the American Psychological Association (APA), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and other professional organizations in their handling of homosexuality.
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| About
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Dr. Paul Cameron, Chairman, is a frequent lecturer and author of over 90 scientific articles and five books, including The Gay Nineties and Exposing the AIDS Scandal. Dr. Cameron earned his doctorate in Psychology from the University of Colorado and was a university professor at the University of Louisville, the University of Nebraska, and Fuller Theological Seminary before becoming Chairman of FRI.
Nominated in 1985 by national gay magazine The Advocate as “the most dangerous man in America,” he has served as a medical and social-psychological expert in numerous court cases across the country, including dozens of child custody cases involving a homosexual parent. Dr. Cameron is a reviewer on homosexual submissions for the British Medical Journal (among the top 5 general science journals in the world), and is also a reviewer for Psychological Reports and the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association. According to the National Library of Medicine and its online compilation of published medical and psychological research (PubMed), he is listed as one of the top ten researchers in the world on homosexuality in terms of number of published citations.
As the man every homosexual ‘loves to hate,’ critics of Dr. Cameron are numerous. In 2005, The Advocate once again listed him as one of it’s most loathed, this time as ‘public enemy #2.’ Further, numerous charges have been lodged over the years that Dr. Cameron’s scientific work has been either unethical or that he has engaged in scientific misconduct. A careful review of the facts shows quite the opposite.
Dr. Kirk Cameron, Statistical Scientist and FRI Board Member, has served as a lecturer and researcher for FRI since 1983. He earned his doctorate in Statistics at Stanford University and helped conduct and analyze FRI’s nationwide sexuality survey. Dr. Cameron has spoken at college campuses, churches, and political conferences, and has appeared on C-SPAN.
He has written more than twenty scientific articles on FRI’s survey findings, AIDS, and homosexuality, and has authored or co-authored almost 60 professional articles, technical reports, books, and government guidance documents in total, including Right or Wrong? Should the Boy Scouts Exclude Homosexuals? According to PubMed, Dr. Cameron currently ranks among the top fifteen researchers in the world on the topic of homosexuality. He also does extensive statistical research and consulting in other areas, including environmental and biomedical applications.
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Accomplishments
In 1982, psychologist Dr. Paul Cameron successfully helped the citizens of Lincoln, Nebraska defeat a city-wide referendum aimed at granting special rights to homosexuals. As spokesman for the campaign, Dr. Cameron realized how few traditionally minded scientists had published hard research on homosexuality. He saw how crucial such empirical evidence would be in future gay rights referenda, court cases, and legislative battles.
FRI scientists have published more empirical and scientific review articles on homosexual parenting than any other research team in the world. A review of the homosexual parenting literature by Drs. Rekers and Kilgus in the Regent University Law Review featured our research as the best available.
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Making an Impact
FRI has written two amicus curiae briefs opposing homosexual parenting — one in Florida and one in Nebraska — and was on the winning side both times. FRI also aided in an amicus curiae brief in Massachusetts supporting that State’s anti-sodomy law (prior to the imposition of gay marriage), a partial victory for our side.
In 2000, FRI helped Arkansas retain its ban on homosexual foster parents by providing expert testimony and research data to the governor-appointed Commission on Child Placement and Foster Care. FRI also aided the state-licensed consortium of foster care providers in its fight against an ACLU lawsuit challenging its policy of not hiring homosexual staff.
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