Dr. Paul Cameron of the "Family" Research Institute made headlines last week after he argued that gays shouldn't adopt because they die earlier than their straight counterparts. In his paper, Cameron wrote:

The life span of gays is 20-plus years shorter than the life span of heterosexuals. This shortened lifespan... has profound implications for adoption.

Cameron's press release, meanwhile, claimed to have presented these "facts" at the Eastern Psychological Association - a bit of a queer claim considering that the anti-gay wack job has been booted from all of America's major psychiatric organizations. No surprise, then, to hear that his press release was as false as his "research".

Box Turtle Bulletin points out:

He didn’t speak at the convention, and he didn’t present a report. He participated in a poster session... a chance for participants to summarize their research findings on a poster displayed in a hall or conference room. People can enter, walk around, look at all the posters — there were sixty-six of them in this eighty minute session — ask a few questions, and move on to the next poster.

Sort of like a high school science fair. Only less scientific.

Jim also points out that Cameron misrepresented himself to the EPA. The pious practitioner presented his paper as "a study on the prevalence of homosexuality", not an anti-gay rumination on life span and its impact on adoption. Here's the abstract he offered the professionals:

A far cry from his homophobic harangue. Our hypothesis: liar Cameron's pants are totally on fire. Ha ha, who's a flamer now, charlatan?