Paul Cameron
From Hate
Paul Cameron (November 9th, 1939) is an American psychologist from Nebraska and the head of the Colorado-based Family Research Institute. His research has been denounced by his colleagues aswell as the American Sociological Association and the American Psychological Association. From the latter he was suspended in 1985 for violations of the Code of Ethics.
His study concluding that gays and lesbians have an average life expectancy of 45 to 48 years (see also Mission America) was widely critized after it surfaced he had calculated these ages by observing obituaries in a San Francisco newspaper. Jim Burroway's Box Turtle Bulletin has a full list of people who have used Cameron's research.
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1 Homosexuals, on the other hand, are less economically productive, have few children, do not raise them well, are more criminal, and tend to spread disease. Society should not reward homosexual relationships with marriage-like benefits.
2 We welcome all who would join in the fight to restore a world where marriage is upheld and honored, where children are nurtured and protected, and where homosexuality is not taught and accepted, but instead is discouraged and rejected at every level.(src)
3 The typical life-span of homosexuals suggests that their activities are more destructive than smoking and as dangerous as drugs. (src)
4 Two and eight-tenths percent (2.8%) of gays died violently. They were 116 times more apt to be murdered; 24 times more apt to commit suicide; and had a traffic-accident death-rate 18 times the rate of comparably-aged white males. Heart attacks, cancer and liver failure were exceptionally common. Twenty percent of lesbians died of murder, suicide, or accident--a rate 487 times higher than that of white females aged 25-44. The age distribution of samples of homosexuals in the scientific literature from 1989 to 1992 suggests a similarly shortened life-span. (src)
5 Unless we get medically lucky, in three or four years, one of the options discussed will be the extermination of homosexuals. (src)
6 What causes homosexuality? (...) Family abnormality, including the following: (...) condoning homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle– welcoming homosexuals (e.g., co-workers, friends) into the family circle. (src)
7 Anyone who wants to abstain from homosexual behavior should avoid the company of practicing homosexuals. (src)
8 (...) homosexual practice is injurious to society. (src)
9 (...) those who engage in homosexuality contribute less and cost more in goods and services, disproportionately disrupt social functioning, and have few children while being more apt to harm them. (src)
10 [T]he present bland acceptance of homosexuality signals the end of the religious and moral vision that made Western civilization coherent and functional. (src)
11 If the acceptance and practice of homosexuality continues at its current rate, Western civilization will not survive. (src)
