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ck4829

(35,079 posts)
Mon May 14, 2012, 03:20 PM May 2012

Paul Cameron: Might need to stop ban on reparative therapy w/ violence even though it does not work

Paul Cameron of the Family Research Institute is an “expert” cited by groups like the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America and the American Family Association, among others in the Religious Right. While his claims have been consistently discredited, Cameron is still a favorite of opponents of gay rights and appeared last week on Crosstalk with Jim Schneider of VCY America (Voice of Christian Youth).

Cameron suggested that President Obama, who recently announced his support for marriage equality, might be gay. He later maintained that “the long term goal of the homosexual movement is to get every little boy to grab his ankles and every little girl to give it a try,” warning that children might be “forced to at least once experience homosexual acts.”

Cameron told Schneider that “we almost need a second American Revolution” to defeat legislation like a bill in California that would limit ex-gay “reparative therapy,” which he warned would make the state take kids away from their parents.

But he went on to say that such “reparative therapy” does not work and instead advocated that homosexuality be made “illegal” in order “to protect our children”.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/paul-cameron-suggests-obama-gay-and-demands-gays-be-imprisoned-they-rape-kids

You can almost taste the insanity.

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Paul Cameron: Might need to stop ban on reparative therapy w/ violence even though it does not work (Original Post) ck4829 May 2012 OP
I cannot bring myself to listen to the link's audio. edcantor May 2012 #1
I certainly can taste the insanity! William769 May 2012 #2
He may be crazy but he's considered the authoritative source on gay people by the Republicans. yardwork May 2012 #3
 

edcantor

(325 posts)
1. I cannot bring myself to listen to the link's audio.
Mon May 14, 2012, 03:47 PM
May 2012

This guy is so crazy he'd fit right in in the Republican House.

Let's see if we can turn him gay by applying some electrodes to him while he's watching straight porn.

He also agrees with questioning inter-racial marriage? WOW!



yardwork

(61,690 posts)
3. He may be crazy but he's considered the authoritative source on gay people by the Republicans.
Mon May 14, 2012, 06:53 PM
May 2012

Paul Cameron's research was cited by the North Carolina state legislators who introduced the bill that amended the state constitution to outlaw not just equal marriage for gay people, but all civil unions and domestic partnerships for anybody, gay or straight. The sponsors of the bill repeatedly cited Cameron's "data" as justification for their actions.

Learn more about our friend Paul Cameron here:
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/paul-cameron-suggests-obama-gay-and-demands-gays-be-imprisoned-they-rape-kids

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