James Dobson in Time

Time magazine requested Focus on the Family's head, James Dobson, to give a reaction to expecting lesbian couple Mary Cheney and Heather Poe. He did, and it's made him look like a fool. He plagiarized portions of his article.

Even worse, both scientists' research he cited have come out with scathing remarks for Dobson for his (intentional) misinterpretations of their research. NYU Professor Carol Gilligan:

I am writing to ask that you cease and desist from quoting my research in the future. I was mortified to learn that you had distorted my work this week in a guest column you wrote in Time Magazine. Not only did you take my research out of context, you did so without my knowledge to support discriminatory goals that I do not agree with. What you wrote was not truthful and I ask that you refrain from ever quoting me again and that you apologize for twisting my work...

Finally, there is nothing in my research that would lead you to draw the stated conclusions you did in the Time article. My work in no way suggests same-gender families are harmful to children or can’t raise these children to be as healthy and well adjusted as those brought up in traditional households.

I trust that this will be the last time my work is cited by Focus on the Family.

And the other scientist whose research he quotes, Kyle Pruett, M.D. Yale School of Medicine:

Dr. Dobson, I was startled and disappointed to see my work referenced in the current Time Magazine piece in which you opined that social science, such as mine, supports your convictions opposing lesbian and gay parenthood. I write now to insist that you not quote from my research in your media campaigns, personal or corporate, without previously securing my permission. You cherry-picked a phrase to shore up highly (in my view) discriminatory purposes. This practice is condemned in real science, common though it may be in pseudo-science circles. There is nothing in my longitudinal research or any of my writings to support such conclusions. On page 134 of the book you cite in your piece, I wrote, “What we do know is that there is no reason for concern about the development or psychological competence of children living with gay fathers. It is love that binds relationships, not sex.”

Basically, Dobson's entire article, aside from the anti-gay bigotry, is factually inaccurate and plagiarized. So, the past month has seen 2 anti-gay Colorado mega-preachers come out of the closet, a religious right wacko tells us that soy beans make people gay, and now the anti-gay ringleader is a lying, plagiarizer? I hope this is momentum toward a collapse of the anti-gay movement.