Posted on 04/19/2013 7:25:32 PM PDT by Steelfish
Boy Scouts’ Board Recommends Allowing Gay Scouts But Not Gay Leaders
By Michelle Boorstein April 19
The governing board of the Boy Scouts of America on Friday recommended ending the organization’s ban on openly gay Scouts but keeping its prohibition on gay troop leaders. The proposal displeased advocates on both sides and ensured a new flurry of lobbying before the larger national body votes on the matter at its annual meeting next month.
The executive committee’s resolution follows a year of shifting signals from the massive youth organization as it tries to finds its place in a nation where views on homosexuality are changing fast but remain polarized. Last summer, the group reaffirmed its ban on openly gay Scouts and leaders; then, in February, it said it was revisiting the subject amid pressure from some board members, corporate sponsors and families. Polling from the organization released Friday showed deep division remains in the Scouting community.
Parents of D.C. area Boy Scouts lead campaign to lift ban on gay members
“While perspectives and opinions vary significantly, parents, adults in the Scouting community, and teens alike tend to agree that youth should not be denied the benefits of Scouting,” the committee, headquartered in Texas, said in a statement. The resolution states that sexual activity by any youth “of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting.”
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Camels nose under the tent.
I don’t think that was the queers prime goal ... I think the big boys wanted access to some fresh young meat.
The end of the Boy Scouts, it will not be the Boy Scouts. Very sad.
So your kid only has to be worried about being molested by the boy in his tent.
That’s not good enough.
Yup. These fags wanted the keys to the candy store and what other organization provides that than the Boy Scouts. The word “Boy” is what attracted the fudgepackers...
The name of the organization will have to change to “Scouting for Boys.”
Scout Ping
I reckon I won’t buying any more of their discount cards.
Social engineering leftists are relentless and agenda driven.
It’s not good or easy enough for gays to start their own boys club, they have to take over others and force them to adhere to the agenda.
They already have their own group...NAMBLA.
Just start the conservative version called the American Heritage Boys!
Why don’t the homos just start their own group Rump Rangers
That’s not a camel’s nose
When the holidays come and public schools start up with their PC nonsense, my suggestion is always the same: TAKE THE EVENTS COMPLETELY OFF CAMPUS, MAKE THEM PRIVATE AND INVITATION-ONLY. Let school be school and theater be theater etc. and as religious as they like. Atheists, Islamists and anyone else having a moan can sit on his couch thoroughly excluded and ignored - legally.
If the Boy Scouts want to destroy their good name, trash their history and abandon the principles they jawbone then it’s time for new, separate, private youth activities organizations to take their place. Bowing to PC pressure should not be rewarded; it should signal the end of the Scouts through attrition.
LOL!
Their eyes spin like slot machine reels at the thought of ‘leading’ dozens of boys to sleep overnight in the woods far from home.
This is a grave error if they do this. I am speechless.
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