Paul Cameron, author of ‘Children of Homosexuals and Transsexuals More Apt to be Homosexual’ (Cameron, 2006) is chairman of the Family Research Institute (FRI), a conservative organization whose mandate is to preserve ‘America’s historic moral framework and the traditional family’ (http://www.familyresearchinst.org/; accessed 18th June 2006). The FRI states that research in scientific journals is needed to prove that ‘homosexuality is a public health threat and a clear and present danger to our civilization’ (http://www.familyresearchinst.org/Default.aspx?tabid = 145; accessed 18th June 2006).