A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
I have read the Camerons replies to me in this ongoing discussion and have only a few more things to say. Regarding Paul Cameron’s letter, I have very little to say. It does not appear to me that he really addressed any of my critiques. Instead, he convinced me that he has his mind made … Continue reading “Only the gay die young? Part 8 – Loose ends”
Apropos to the recent series of posts examining the recent report from Paul and Kirk Cameron on life expectancy is this action from Exodus International. Up to earlier today, Exodus had a page titled “Is there a connection between life expectancy and homosexuality?” with various assertions about the health status of homosexuals as a group. … Continue reading “Only the gay die young? Part 6 – Exodus International statement”
Yesteday, I wrote about David Barton’s pitch to Republican lawmakers to avoid low income, young, and uneducated people in voter registration efforts. Today, I want to point out that Barton promoted anti-vaccine ideology to the assembled legislators by having Theresa Deisher as a featured speaker for the event. Deisher has a PhD in microbiology from … Continue reading “David Barton Features Anti-Vax Speaker at Legislators Conference”
There he goes again. Nearing the anniversary of the largest pre-Civil War slave emancipation in U.S. history, David Barton is again claiming that Thomas Jefferson could not free his slaves because Virginia law did not allow it. He made the claim this week in a WorldNetDaily article out on Tuesday. Barton said: “They [Louisiana Democrats] … Continue reading “Virginia Law Allowed Thomas Jefferson to Free His Slaves”
Despite numerous factual accounts of what happened to the two White House statues of Winston Churchill, Ted Cruz repeated a debunked story during Thursday’s GOP presidential debate which has been around since the early days of Obama’s first term. Here is what Cruz said last night: CRUZ: Of course it does. And we’ve seen for seven … Continue reading “More Truth Stretching: Ted Cruz's GOP Debate Claim About Obama's Oval Office Churchill Statue”
