Family Research Institute

Not to be confused with Family Research Council.

Family Research Institute
Founded1982 (1982)
FounderPaul Cameron
TypeNonprofit
EIN 470649778
FocusResearch
Location
Method[data missing]
Key people
Paul Cameron, Chairman
Kirk Cameron, Vice Chairman
Revenue
$70,629 (2010)[1]
Websitefamilyresearchinst.org
Formerly called
Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality

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".[2] 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."[2] The Boston Globe reported that the FRI's 2005 budget was less than $200,000.[3][quantify]

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.[3]

The Family Research Institute has been designated an anti-gay hate group[4] by the Southern Poverty Law Center since 2006[5][6] because of Cameron's discredited research and claims about LGBT people.[7][8][9][10][11]

  1. ^ "Nonprofit Report for Family Research Institute". GuideStar. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Official website Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 20-June–2008
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference kranish was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Simmons was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Southern Poverty Law Center (2007). "Active U.S. Hate Groups in 2006: Colorado". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2007.
  6. ^ Waddington, Lynda (November 23, 2010). "Groups that helped oust Iowa judges earn 'hate group' designation". Iowa Independent. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  7. ^ "Paul Cameron". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Boston, Rob (July–August 2005). "Religious right roundup: Texas governor holds bill signing at Fort Worth church school in bid to corral evangelical voters". Church & State. Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2013. The figures are based on research by anti-gay activist Paul Cameron that was discredited years ago.
  9. ^ Rostow, Ann (January 31, 2006). "Our enemies list: Richard Nixon may have given enemies lists a bad name, but it's good to know about who is trying to fight equality at all costs. Here are some who plan to derail LGBT America in 2006". The Advocate. Cameron, 66, is a discredited psychologist who has made it his purpose in life to disseminate wildly inaccurate "facts and figures" about gay men and lesbians under the auspices of the Family Research Institute, a nonprofit corporation he founded in 1982.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Schlatter120920 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Schlatter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).