Stand Up For Scientific Integrity

A few powerful and influential social conservative leaders have recently turned to misquoting or co-opting legitimate scientific research to support their political aims. The most prolific spinner of science is the truth challenged James C. Dobson, leader of Focus on the Family. In the past year alone, Dobson has conflated, purposely misconstrued or cherry picked research from at least six esteemed academic scholars who have publicly condemned him for misusing their work.

Sadly, the mainstream media has not held Dobson or others of his ilk accountable. Right wing promoters of pseudoscience are routinely offered a national platform to mislead the American people and serially misrepresent social and medical science.

Fortunately, an exciting new trend has emerged where researchers and academics are standing up to demand that their work no longer be distorted for political gain. These thought and opinion leaders are boldly stepping forward to renounce such deceit and demand a return to scientific integrity.

If your research has been twisted or misused by Dobson or others, please report these infractions. Only by shining a light on these lies, can we a change this deplorable behavior. Together, we can help put an end to the dishonest practice of hijacking science in support of extremism.