The most often cited study used to bash and demean Gay people and our families in the Marriage Equality battle is the New Family Structures study published in 2012 by the University of Texas Associate Professor of Sociology Mark Regnerus. The study has been thoroughly debunked by almost everyone with a brain other than conservative and or religious anti-Gay wing nuts and whack jobs who use the study in furtherance of their own ideological agenda. The old saying "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit" comes to mind here. The preordained conclusion was the basis of the study design created by Regnerus in collusion with and funded (to the tune of nearly $800,000) by the conservative Witherspoon Institute and Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
The Human Rights Campaign has just activated a new website, The Regnerus Fallout, which delineates the story, the parties in collusion, background events and other facts relevant to the story. It also describes the impact on social legislation across the country, provides documentation, news story links and videos to help one and all understand just how onerous this gathering of pseudo science, lies and distortions really is. The publication of the study by the formerly respected social scientist has done irreparable harm to his reputation and standing in the professional community and besmirched the good name of the Sociology Department of a the University of Texas. Although it has been thoroughly debunked, those who have no regard for reality or actual scientific evidence continue their attempts to use the study to roadblock any legislation or ordinance advancing Equality for Gays. To them, the 'sin' of same sex love is reprehensible. To me, the actual sin of bearing false witness is much more reprehensible than any act of love between two people of the same sex. Visit the website to educate yourselves about the insidious deviousness of the opponents to our Equality.
Your Midweek Musical Moment features the Music of Jean Sibelius with a performance of his Lemminkäinen Suite, Opus 22 by Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam in March 2007. You may also hear a classic recording of the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor by Itzhak Perlman over on my tumblr.
To help you over the Midweek Hump and headed towards the weekend there is a simply stunning collection of the buff and the beautiful in this week's edition of Wet Wednesday for your visual appreciation. Be sure to check out the 'Waterfall Wet Dream' Hottie of the Day! also on my tumblr. Thanks for the visit, see you again soon. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
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