Paul Cameron was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), on November 9, 1939. He received a BA from Los Angeles Pacific College in 1961 and a MA from California State University in Los Angeles the following year. He has been associated with various schools including Wayne State University (1967-68), University of Louisville (1970-73), Fuller Graduate School of Psychology (part of the Fuller Theological Seminary) (1976-79), and the University of Nebraska (1979-80).
In 1983 the American Psychological Association expelled him for violating the association's ethical principles following his publication of the 1983 ISIS Survey, which Cameron claimed proved that homosexuals were deviants and criminals. In 1985 and 1986 the American Sociological Association adopted resolutions claiming that Cameron had consistently misrepresented sociological research. Cameron said those rebukes stemmed from "political differences."
He is currently the chairperson of the Family Research Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His research is controversial as it often casts homosexuals as criminals, killers, deviants, and perverts. While his research receives much criticism, it is sometimes cited as support by groups who oppose same-sex marriage and foster or adoptive parents rights for people of homosexual orientation.
Court testimony
Paul Cameron testified in the case Baker v. Wade (1985). His testimony that "homosexuals abuse children at a proportionately greater incident than do heterosexuals" was challenged by Judge Buchmeyer of the U.S. District Court of Dallas in his comment that "Dr. Paul Cameron... has himself made misrepresentations to this Court" and that "There has been no fraud or misrepresentations except by Dr. Cameron" ((p.536).9.)
Paul Cameron was the chief witness is favor of the failed Virginia Anti-Gay Adoption Bill in 2005. He claims that gay people are predominently drug users and prostitutes, "disrupt society," and have a much lower life expectancy (he claims that it can be scientifically proven that the average homosexual only lives to be 42).
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