Florida paid $60,000 for discredited work against gay adoption
by: The Author
Fri Nov 28, 2008 at 08:24:40 AM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8433crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
According to court records, the state of Florida paid former University of South Carolina professor George A. Rekers a $60,000 retainer to testify for the gay adoption ban.
Ironically, according to the same court documents, it is clear that Rekers' testimony didn't help the state's case.
Court documents said:
Dr. Rekers' testimony was far from a neutral and unbiased recitation of the relevant scientific evidence. Dr. Rekers' beliefs are motivated by his strong ideological and theological convictions that are not consistent with the science. Based on his testimony and demeanor at trial, the court can not consider his testimony to be credible nor worthy of forming the basis of public policy.
Despite all of this, organizations on the right maligned Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman for her decision, calling her an "activist judge."
