ERRORS BY THE AMERICAN-PSYCHIATRIC-ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN-PSYCHOLOGICAL-ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL-EDUCATIONAL-ASSOCIATION IN REPRESENTING HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMICUS BRIEFS ABOUT AMENDMENT 2 TO THE US SUPREME-COURT

In October 1995, consortiums of psychiatric and educational profession al organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association and the National Educational Ass ociation, submitted amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court asserting that the scientific literature unequivocally supports the following pr opositions: (a) that homosexuals, including homosexual teachers, do no t disproportionately molest children, (b) that children of homosexual parents are not more likely to become homosexuals, (c) that profession als agree that homosexuality is not a pathology, and (d) that homosexu al attractions are biologically or genetically predetermined and are t herefore beyond the control of the individual. The first two contentio ns are inconsistent with the scientific literature, and the second two grossly oversimplify a contentious and uncertain literature.