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In an article about gays adopting, the San Francisco Chronicle included this unusual passage, citing far-Right anti-gay “expert” Paul Cameron (via Americablog):

Focus on the Family's objection to same-sex parents is grounded in interpretation of biblical scripture and research by Paul Cameron, director of the Family Research Institute in Colorado. Cameron says gays and lesbians are unfit parents, are more likely to molest children of their same sex, switch partners frequently, have shorter life expectancies and cause their children embarrassment and social difficulties.

"Any child that can be adopted into a married-mother-and-father family, that's the gold standard," Cameron said. "An orphanage would be the second choice, and then a single woman."

Apparently the newspaper heard from its readers, as it has posted this clarification:

CLARIFICATION: In an article about San Francisco's campaign to get more gays and lesbians to adopt foster children - as well as an opposing evangelical campaign to get more Christian families to adopt -- the Chronicle quoted Paul Cameron, director of the Family Research Institute. The article should have noted that Cameron, who believes gays make unfit parents and self-published dozens of articles he said were based on his research, was expelled from the American Psychological Association in 1983 when he refused to subject his work to peer review. The article also should have reported that his Family Research Institute was named a hate group in 2006 by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Virulent homophobe and crackpot anti-gay “researcher” Paul Cameron of the Family Research Institute weighs in on the news that Mary Cheney and her partner are expecting a child.  

It’ll come as no surprise that Cameron is not exactly wishing the couple well

"By this selfish action, Cheney is not merely disrupting society, she is being cruel to her child: 
 

Mary, 37, is currently 'partnered' with Heather Poe, 45. The median age of death for lesbians is around the late 50's. If Poe and Cheney stay together, odds are this child will lose at least one caretaker before graduating high school.

Children of homosexuals testify that day-to-day living is more difficult – and they are more apt to report personal disturbance as a consequence.

A high proportion of lesbian 'partnerings' break apart -- with custody issues haunting the child for the rest of his life.

The child will disproportionately associate with homosexuals – who are as a class considerably more apt to have STDs and a criminal history, be interested in sex with children, involved in substance abuse, etc.

The child will have a much higher probability of learning homosexual tastes (at least a third of lesbian's children adopt homosexuality).

If Cameron had his way, he’d probably have Cheney and her partner arrested for child endangerment for simply daring to have a child in the first place.