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"The Family Research
Institute (FRI),
originally known as
the Institute for
the Scientific
Investigation of
Sexuality (ISIS), is
an American socially
conservative
non-profit
organization based
in Colorado Springs,
Colorado which
states that it has
"...one overriding
mission: to generate
empirical research
on issues that
threaten the
traditional family,
particularly
homosexuality, AIDS,
sexual social
policy, and drug
abuse". The FRI is
part of a
sociopolitical
movement of socially
conservative
Christian
organizations which
seek to influence
the political debate
in the United
States. They seek
"...to restore a
world where marriage
is upheld and
honored, where
children are
nurtured and
protected, and where
homosexuality is not
taught and accepted,
but instead is
discouraged and
rejected at every
level." The Boston
Globe reported that
the FRI's 2005
budget was less than
$200,000.
The FRI is led by
Paul Cameron,
who received a
doctorate in
psychology from the
University of
Colorado at Boulder
in 1966. Cameron
founded the
Institute for the
Scientific
Investigation of
Sexuality in 1982,
and this institute
later became the
FRI.
The Family Research
Institute has been
designated an
anti-gay hate group
by the Southern
Poverty Law Center
since 2006 because
of Cameron's
discredited research
and claims about
LGBT people." |
