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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Regular readers might recall this post put up about 6 weeks ago:
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Today we learn Mr. Regnerus is being targeted by the militant gay fascist
movement:
A University of Texas sociologist is being investigated for
scientific “misconduct,” after angering gay activists with research
suggesting children raised by same-sex couples have more problems as adults.
Professor Mark Regnerus defended his June 2012 findings in an e-mail
to the Austin American-Statesman newspaper, saying he worked with a team of
“leading family researchers” from “across disciplines and ideological
lines” to develop a protocol approved by the university’s review board.
Initially, the university promoted Regnerus’ study as a “
particularly significant” source of information onoutcomes in same-sex
parenting. It showed that adult children of same-sex households tend to have
lower incomes, more physical and mental problems, less stablerelationships
and higher crime rates.
Published in the Social Science Research journal, the workwas
criticized by homosexual advocates. The universityhas now convened a panel
to investigate Regnerus’ alleged “misconduct,” a category including false
or plagiarized work as well as “practices that seriously deviate from
ethical standards.”
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That panel has completed their investigation and the findings are likely to
be ignored by most media outlets:
A University of Texas faculty member did not commit scientific
misconduct in connection with his study that raised doubts about gay
parenting, the university has concluded.
As a result, no formal investigation of allegations against Mark
Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology, is warranted, UT announced
Wednesday.
“I think it’s a just and wise decision, and I’m certainly pleased
with it,” Regnerus told the American-Statesman in an email. “It was a
thorough and fair process, and conducted professionally.”
Regnerus found that the adult children of gay parents reported
significantly different, and often worse, life experiences than the children
of married, heterosexual biological parents.
A number of sociologists and gay marriage advocates objected to his
findings, contending that they subverted a decade of research. The critics
also questioned his methodology, the peer review process and the fact that
the study was paid for by two conservative groups, the Witherspoon Institute
and the Bradley Foundation. An internal draft audit by Social Science
Research, the journal that published the study, found “serious flaws” in
the peer review process and concluded that the journal never should have
published his report.
The allegations of scientific misconduct were leveled by freelance
writer Scott Rosensweig, who uses the byline Scott Rose, in a letter to UT
President Bill Powers. That prompted the university’s inquiry, led by
Robert A. Peterson, a research integrity officer in the Office of the Vice
President for Research.
After consulting with a four-member advisory panel of senior UT faculty
members, Peterson found no falsification of data, plagiarism or other
serious ethical breaches constituting scientific misconduct.
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UT hired Alan Price, a private consultant, to monitor the inquiry.
Price, a former chief research fraud investigator for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, wrote that the matter was handled
“consistent with the University policy and procedures for scientific
misconduct” and “consistent with federal regulatory requirements of
inquiries into research misconduct.”
Any costs incurred by the University in conducting this investigation and
certainly any personal costs incurred by Regnerus, ought to be paid fully by
the gay fascist who brought the charge.
Instead, he’ll likely raise an even noisier ruckus.
Fascists don’t like to be denied. |
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