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Truth Wins Out unveiled a new video today on YouTube featuring a Yale professor who claims Focus on the Family leader James Dobson “cherry picked” his research. Dr. Kyle Pruett’s testimony represents a growing trend where leading scientists are speaking out against manipulation of their work by right wing political organizations. Pruett decided to respond after Dobson misused his research in a guest column Dobson wrote in TIME magazine debasing Mary Cheney’s pregnancy.
“When people start spinning science you have to respond,” said Pruett, professor of child psychiatry, the Yale University School of Medicine. “Journalism used to handle this, but not anymore. So it’s bounced back to become increasingly the responsibility of the people doing the research.”
Pruett is the second acclaimed professor to criticize Dobson’s use of their work in TIME Magazine. New York University professor Dr. Carol Gilligan also appeared in a Truth Wins Out video saying she was “mortified” by the manner in which Dobson’s cited her findings. Both Pruett and Gilligan wrote letters to Dobson to express their concerns. So far, Dobson has ignored personally responding to their letters and refused to engage in a direct dialogue with the professors.
Pruett says on video that when he contacted Dobson for private dialogue about his distortions, Dobson refused and responded with public namecalling instead.
Wow!!
There you have it. A scientist, straight from the horses mouth, not only what he’d said and how it was used….but Dobson’s response to the doctor.
This is tremendous work by TWO.
Dobson is mostly using whatever tool he can to punish or diminish gay men and women and their ability to function wholly and fully in the way THEY see fit.
And as this doctor points out, too much scolding of parents (or those yet to be) isn’t the right course to take.
Dobson’s true colors are shining through.
And it’s not pretty, nor should be the character of someone who claims to be invested in the health of children and families.
Gay men and women belong to families too….as well as are hard at work protecting their own.
Dobson cannot point to anything that shows harm being done as gay folks do so.
He should stop…right now!
Game is over.
He’s doing more harm than good in his crusade.
But if his cred is harmed the most….that’s fine.