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Marriage

University Of Texas Professor Behind Controversial Study Wades Further Into Gay-Marriage Debate

by Sofia Resnick At The American Independent ● 12:51 PM April 10, 2013
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Docs show sociologist Mark Regnerus was fed talking points assuring his neutrality on marriage debate; recent actions suggest otherwise.

Civil Rights

Goal Of UT Parenting Study Was To Influence SCOTUS Decisions On Gay Marriage, Docs Show

by Sofia Resnick At The American Independent ● 1:59 PM March 11, 2013
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The conservative funders who bankrolled a flawed and widely cited academic study that’s critical of gay marriage choreographed its release in time to influence “major decisions of the Supreme Court,” documents show.

Marriage

Regnerus Anti-Gay Parenting ‘Study’ Created To Influence Supreme Court, Report States

by David Badash ● 9:35 AM March 11, 2013
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The anti-gay parenting “study” produced by Mark Regnerus was created to influence the Supreme Court against supporting same-sex marriage, a report states.

News

University Of Texas Releases Docs Related To Controversial Regnerus Parenting Study

by Sofia Resnick At The American Independent ● 7:00 AM February 6, 2013
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The University of Texas at Austin has begun releasing university records surrounding UT sociology professor Mark Regnerus’ controversial “New Family Structures Study.”

News

2012 In Review: Obama Coalition Enshrines Liberals As America’s New Moral Majority

by David Badash ● 12:23 PM December 29, 2012
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2012 was a watershed year that historians — and all Americans — will look to as the moment reborn Democratic politics won the nation, and liberals and progressives became enshrined as the voice of America’s new moral majority.

News

Majority Of Men Under 40 Who Support Gay Marriage Use Porn Daily, Says Regnerus

by David Badash ● 9:51 AM December 21, 2012
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The majority of men aged 23-39 who use pornography daily “strongly agree” that same-sex marriage should be legal, according to flawed study author Mark Regnerus.

Actions

Regnerus Scandal Ripped Wide Open As UT Confesses To Major, Systemic Ethics Failures

by Scott Rose ● 12:11 PM December 12, 2012
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There seems to be a pattern developing at the University of Texas regarding lax or even intentionally ignored ethics lapses in research reporting oversight.

Analysis

Elsevier’s James Wright Publishes Walter Schumm’s Anti-Gay Junk Science To Defend Regnerus

by Scott Rose ● 5:51 PM November 19, 2012
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In response to criticism for publishing Regnerus without valid peer review, editor James Wright published a non-peer-reviewed defense of Regnerus by Walter Schumm.

Analysis

Opinion: Editor Of Anti-Gay Regnerus Study A Menace To LGBT Families And Community

by Scott Rose ● 6:13 PM November 12, 2012
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James Wright allowed the Mark Regnerus anti-gay study to be published through a corrupt process in violation of science publishing ethics. Some want him fired.

Analysis

Princeton University Is Spreading Anti-Gay Lies And Hate To The World

by Scott Rose ● 12:25 PM November 2, 2012
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Princeton University bears direct responsibility for enabling the worldwide dissemination of demonizing lies told against LGBT people. Here’s why and what you can do.

Analysis

Witherspoon’s Matthew Franck Lies About The Anti-Gay Regnerus Study

by Scott Rose ● 1:45 PM November 1, 2012

Because Franck’s articles contain only anti-gay propaganda and no serious considerations of sociology his arguments are not legitimate grounds for scientific debate.

Bigotry Watch

Six More Sociology PhDs Call For Retraction Of Regnerus Anti-Gay ‘Study’

by Scott Rose ● 6:49 PM October 23, 2012

Now, six more Sociology Ph.D.s call for the Regnerus article to be retracted from publication, and a further three express their dismay over the Regnerus scandal.

Bigotry Watch

Lori Holyfield, Sociologist, Ph.D., Calls For Retraction Of Anti-Gay Regnerus Paper

by Scott Rose ● 5:51 PM October 15, 2012

“I am calling on Elsevier to retract the Regnerus article from publication,” says Associate Professor Lori Holyfield, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas.

Bigotry Watch

Sociology Dept. Chair Calls For Retraction Of Anti-Gay Regnerus Study

by Scott Rose ● 2:33 PM October 11, 2012

Two professors call for retraction of the Regnerus article and actions against the editor of the Social Science Research Journal.

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