We crowd source this and everybody helps. I think what is missing is a lot of comments on the research by other Sociologists. We can all take a State and then call all the Universities in that State and speak to Sociologists there and ask them to provide their feedback on the research.

Other people can work on collecting up all the direct quotes from Regnerus.

Oh and shouldn’t we collect up all the places the data is being misreported? I saw for example a quote something like, “Well this study proves that pedophilia is rampant with gays”

And what about a website? Should we buy a domain name or should we use Blogger or Word press or something? If we hosted this separately how much would that cost us in bandwidth if a lot of people visited? Does anybody have idea on this?

Let’s set this up and organize this so it will be real easy for lawyers from our side to have a good reference point to jump off from.

What else? Do you like this idea? Who will help? I don’t mind if this is a part of Box Turtle and they are getting recognition for this. But I do think to do this right it is to big for the few guys at Box Turtle we need a lot more helping hands than just those guys. Whadda think?

Regnerus’s latest distortions. I’m beginning to think this fellow is not as innocent as he appears.

I’m also in the both camp, debunk the lies and point out that anti-gay liars are responsible for the study.

To do the second without the first is pure ad hominem, and is unconvincing except to those who already agree with you.

A related aspect is that many (if not most), of us are very busy, and don’t have time to wade into the tedious details of a complicated “study.” So we look for shortcuts and then arrive at our conclusions based on who we trust. I trust BTB and StraightGrandmother, so I arrived at a conclusion even though I only skimmed through the articles and comments. Many times in the past I’ve become aware of a “study,” and then arrived at a conclusion based on the knowledge of who funded it, and the fact that I didn’t trust them. It’s certainly not ideal nor foolproof, but I think it’s a shortcut that works for many of us most of the time.

And to make things worse, I imagine that our supposed knowledge of funders many just be the tip of the iceberg. I don’t doubt that the real identities of many funders are kept hidden via some deceptive tactics.

Although Robert George is affiliated with both, the study was not funded by NOM.