APA, SCIENCE, AND THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT

Authors
JOHNSON RW
Citation
Rw. Johnson, APA, SCIENCE, AND THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, Psychological reports, 81(3), 1997, pp. 1007-1016
Citations number
21
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
81
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
1007 - 1016
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1997)81:3<1007:ASATDO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This paper uses the APA position on the Defense of Marriage Act to dem onstrate that APA's advocacy policy regarding homosexual marriage is n ot based on science. It shows that the politics of advocacy have led a purportedly scientific organization ro misinterpret, overgeneralize, and distort the results of research and to ignore the original purpose of the organization.