False and misleading data on
homosexuality is being published … warns a major U.S. magazine. The National
Review reports that studies on the lives of LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transsexual)
people have proved to be unfounded. The
practice of ignoring facts to present data that fits with popular, liberal
opinion has caused a backlash in the scientific community.
The National Review highlights a study that claims that “minority
stress” is reducing the life expectancy of homosexuals by 12-years. It was widely reported by parts of the press
under headlines such as: “Can Prejudice Kill You? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Life Expectancy Drops
12 Years in Anti-Gay Communities.”
In mid-November, academic journal Social Science and Medicine published a
well-evidenced refutation. Researchers
attempted to replicate the author’s data using 10 different approaches; but
were unable to do so. They concluded
that no approach could obtain findings “that supported the original study’s conclusions.”
Another pro-LGBT study, published in
the journal Science in 2015, has also
been discredited. It purported to show
that canvassing by LGBT people had a major effect on people’s opinions of them. But a lone student’s research found it had
been entirely faked. The author had lied
about receiving grants from real institutions.
New York Magazine reported
that the student was constantly opposed and told to keep quiet, “lest he earn a
reputation as a troublemaker.”
Commenting on the increasing prevalence
of unsubstantiated scientific studies, National
Review contributor and author Maggie Gallagher said: “Science is not
right-wing or left-wing. But to work, it
needs scientists fearlessly committed to truth over their preferred outcomes.” She revealed that an academic project has
been set up that is committed to “viewpoint diversity.”
The Heterodox Academy is concerned
that: “When nearly everyone in a field shares the same political orientation,
certain ideas become orthodoxy, dissent is discouraged and errors can go
unchallenged.”
If your process of scientific research
is infected by political correctness, then it can no longer to be perceived as
a healthy pursuit of the truth.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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