U. of Texas Backs Professor in Battle with Gay Blogger

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

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professor-battle-gay-blogger

U. of Texas backs professor in battle with gay blogger

Published September 03, 2012 | FoxNews.com

The University of Texas-Austin is backing a sociology professor who came
under withering attack for a study that found children of same-sex parents
are more likely to be depressed or on welfare than kids raised by
heterosexual couples.

The school launched an inquiry into Professor Mark Regnerus' peer-reviewed
work last month after a New York-based blogger attacked him for a
controversial paper which compared the adult lives of people raised by
parents in same-sex relationships to those raised by parents in
traditional marriages. The study found several differences, including some
that were potentially negative. But an inquiry by the school found
Regnerus used sufficiently scholarly methods, university officials
announced this week.

"The University of Texas at Austin has determined that no formal
investigation is warranted into the allegations of scientific misconduct
lodged against associate professor Mark Regnerus regarding his July
article in the journal Social Science Research," the school said in a
statement. "As with much university research, Regnerus’ New Family
Structures Study touches on a controversial and highly personal issue that
is currently being debated by society at large.

"The university expects the scholarly community will continue to evaluate
and report on the findings of the Regnerus article and supports such
discussion,” the statement concluded.

The study asked thousands of adult children of straight, lesbian and
homosexual parents dozens of questions and compared the results. While
many questions did not produce statistically-significant differences, the
study found major differences in a few categories. Adult children of gay
couples were two to four times as likely to be on public assistance, more
than twice as likely to be unemployed and more than twice as likely to
have contemplated suicide.

After it was published, blogger Scott Rose accused Regnerus of scientific
misconduct in two letters to the school, first charging Regnerus with
deviating from “ethical standards” for research and later accusing him of
“possible falsification” of research. Rose, who is gay, claimed the study
was compromised because it was funded by the conservative Witherspoon
Institute and that Regnerus was unable to be impartial because he is
Catholic.

The inquiry was conducted by a four-member advisory panel composed of
senior university faculty members, who seized Regnerus’ computers and
42,000 emails. Once it was complete, the school had Alan Price, a former
associate director of the Office of Research Integrity in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, review the inquiry, which he
found was “consistent with federal regulatory requirements of inquiries
into research misconduct.”

Even though the school ultimately backed Regnerus’ methodology, the entire
process was troubling, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights
in Education.


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