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by Marvin Liebman
too late, however. The ballot was defeated, and
od has given you a long life. I hope
discrimination against homosexuals is still legal in
he gives you another year so that
Lincoln.
you can atone.” These were the last
In 1985, U.S. District Court Judge Jerry
words I heard from Paul Cameron,
Buschmeyer, in his opinion striking down a Texas
professional homophobe, as he left
sodomy law, berated Cameron as an expert witness
me at National Airport in Washington, D.C., after
by saying that his testimony was filled with “fraud”
returning from a Chicago television show on which
and “misrepresentations.” Under oath Cameron
we both appeared.
testified, among other things, that “homosexuals
Cameron earns his living exclusively as an
are approximately 48 times more apt to commit
“expert” on homosexuality. He has his own tax-
crimes than is the general population” and that
exempt Family Research Institute which is con
“homosexuals abuse children on a proportionately
cerned, in large part, with homosexuals. He is
greater incidence than do heterosexuals.”
regularly hired to provide “expert” opinion on
Cameron served as AIDS advisor to the infa
homosexuality by various government and private
mous U.S. Rep. William Dannemeyer (R-Calif.),
agencies, college forums, community groups, and
and came up with the phrase, “AIDS is God’s
by trial lawyers representing individuals seeking
plague on homosexuals.” In a July 1986 appear
custody of their children from lesbian or gay
ance in Louisville, Ky., Cameron suggested that
spouses. He is invited to appear on radio and TV
people with AIDS be branded with the letter A on
shows to express his “point of view.”
their foreheads, be placed under house arrest, and
Paul Cameron is important because he repre
be imprisoned if they attempted to leave home. In
sents the core attitude of millions and millions of
various pamphlets and news
God-fearing people in the
letters, distributed through
United States towards their
As
we
waited
by
the
desk
of
out
the country by Cameron’s
homosexual compatriots—
the
hotel
the
TV
company
Family Research Institute, he
an attitude that is based on
cites “statistics” to prove that
fear, bigotry, ignorance and
had arranged, Cameron
the majority of women who
the out-and-out lies, spread
commented,
“I
certainly
claim they were raped are
by Cameron, which they ac
lying in order to get attention
cept as the gospel truth. He
hope they didn ’t put us
and that “ 17 percent, or pos
is listened to by these mil
both in one room. That
sibly as many as 33 percent,
lions in spite of his record
would
be
rather
awkward,
of gays enjoy ingesting feces
of professional corruption
as part of their everyday sex
and incompetence— in spite don't you think?” I assured
practices—and, in an aver
of the fact that he is a certi
him that I would pay any age year, ingest fecal mate
fied public liar.
rial from 19 different men.”
Let’s look at just a small
thing, anything, to ensure
I first spoke to Cameron
part of the record.
that
I
didn’t
have
to
sleep
when we both arrived in Chi
C am eron was d e
next to him.
cago. He seemed pleasant
nounced and expelled by
enough as we made small
the American Psychologi
talk in the limousine provided by our hosts. As we
cal Association in 1983 for blatant violation of the
waited by the desk of the hotel the TV company had
spirit and the letter of the organization’s “Ethical
arranged, Cameron commented, “I certainly hope
Principles of Psychologists,” i.e., responsibility,
they didn’t put us both in one room. That would be
competence and legal standards. He claimed that
rather awkward, don’t you think?” I assured him
his expulsion from the association was the work of
that I would pay anything, anything, to ensure that
a homosexual cabal. This further endeared him to
I didn’t have to sleep next to him. But, as our
his supporters.
desultory and ever more awkward conversations
Two years later, Cameron was expelled from
continued—mostly emanating from Cameron— in
the American Sociological Association, which
the limo going to the TV station, in the green room
stated, “Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misin
waiting for the show to start, going to the airport the
terpreted and misrepresented sociological research
next day, I realized that Cameron was the epitome
on sexuality, homosexuality and lesbianism...and
of evil.
has repeatedly campaigned for the abrogation of
Cameron is a living monument to the connec
the civil rights of lesbians and gay men, substanti
tion, networking, and inclusiveness of bigotry. He
ating his call on the basis of his distorted interpre
is not alone. His phony statistics, his surveys, all
tation of this research.”
the
stuff of his “new science,” are believed by too
In 1985 and 1986, Cameron published two of
many in this country. It is a cliché, perhaps, to
his own studies: “Child Molestation and Homo
compare Cameron’s so-called scientific work to
sexuality,” and “Homosexual Molestation of Chil-
the Nazi “science” of racial purity, but how can one
dren/Sexual Interaction of Teacher and Pupil.” His
not see the parallels?
findings were totally debunked by an authority on
Cameron is an expert— at spreading hatred,
whom Cameron relied heavily to prove his theories
fear and loathing of homosexuals. He, and those
and findings— Dr. A. Nicholas Groth. Groth pub
that take this charlatan seriously, are our enemies.
licly repudiated Cameron’s methods and results
They are also the enemies of the United States and
and underscored his own findings that hetero
the “American family” they hold so dear.
sexual men account for over 90 percent of child
A final case in point: During the TV show’s
molestation.
audience participation period, Cameron was asked
On May 8,1982, in the Lutheran Chapel of the
a question. “What would you do if your son came
University of Nebraska—as the voters of Lincoln,
to you and said, ‘Dad, I’m gay.’ ” Without hesita
Neb., were debating a ballot question dealing with
tion, Cameron answered, “I’d ask him to leave.”
discrimination against homosexuals—the Lincoln
“Your own son?” “Certainly. If he decided to
Star quoted Paul Cameron as saying, “Right now,
become homosexual, he would no longer be my
here in Lincoln, there is a 4-year-old boy who has
son.”
had his genitals almost severed from his body in a
Paul Cameron is a man beyond the boundaries
public restroom in a homosexual attack.” Cameron ’ s
of decency, compassion, and certainly any family
charges were investigated by the police and two
values. Personally, I don’t believe that—even in a
local newspapers and were found to be absolutely
hundred years—Cameron would ever, or could
groundless. Cameron confessed as much, and pub-
ever, atone for what he has done and continues to
licly disavowed his charge by saying, “It appears
\ triy informant made a mistake.” His retraction was . t t f c W
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