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Southern Baptists condemn Boy Scouts over admission of gays
FoxNews.com ^ | 6-12-2013 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 06/12/2013 12:02:39 PM PDT by servo1969

HOUSTON – The Southern Baptist Convention, which represents thousands of churches that sponsor Boy Scout troops, approved a resolution opposing accepting gay scouts - with a top church leader predicting a "mass exodus" of youths from the program that has been a rite of passage for more than a century.

The move came as the convention held its annual, four-day meeting in Houston, and three weeks after the Boy Scouts of America voted to allow gay youth to join. With more than two-thirds of Boy Scout troops sponsored by religious organizations, and Baptists being the nation's largest protestant denomination, the strongly-worded resolution could have a crippling effect on the Boy Scouts.

"There will be a mass exodus over time," said Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. “Churches are finally going to have to come to realize – there is a point when you say, ‘sorry, no more.’"

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: baptists; boyscouts; convention; frank; gay; homosexual; houston; page; texas
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To: servo1969
My Letter to the Boy Scouts regarding their new Amdissions POlicy

They will not be getting another dime of my money or support.

The very idea that an Eagle Scout could be an openly practicing homo makes me sick to my stomach. It is the antithesis of the scout oath.

The Boy Scout Oath:

On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country,
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake and morally straight.
Those words mean something, and you cannot change them simply because people with literally queer notions come along and demand it.

You cannot do your duty to God, or be morally straight, by accepting openly gay/homo behavior as a part of scouting.

21 posted on 06/12/2013 12:23:07 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: bert

have you served so you can pass that judgment, have you seen pals blown up and have you met my boys.

no

they come top of their class, received awards from the top sheriff to ROTC to saving a life, next time think before you want to insult


22 posted on 06/12/2013 12:24:18 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc

Here is a list of Christian alternatives to the Boy Scouts.
Conservative Boy Scout Alternatives
http://tamarawilhite.hubpages.com/hub/Conservative-Boy-Scout-Alternatives

If you know of other alternatives, let me know.


23 posted on 06/12/2013 12:27:54 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

thank you, that is a good list for all to see


24 posted on 06/12/2013 12:29:36 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc

Two thumbs up...


25 posted on 06/12/2013 12:31:42 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

thanks, but that pissed me off, my oldest was to join seals so to say he might not be fit for a military pisses me off.

I;ve seen combat and don’t want my boys to see it, I don’t want them to fight for a Govt which would rather spy on us and not care about him.
Why should he lose limbs or his life while those who send him there care more about cocktail parties but to have someone say they are not men because they listen to me is out and out wrong.

My kids know I have been there, seen the problems I have had and they respect my knowledge and those who are older than themselves, never do they address someone and not say sir or mam and the help their elders


26 posted on 06/12/2013 12:35:11 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: servo1969

Thank GOD!!!!


27 posted on 06/12/2013 12:35:25 PM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: bert; manc
Wow.

Really?

Why attack someone's kids who you've never met? Unbelievable.

28 posted on 06/12/2013 12:40:02 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: 0.E.O

They will see it as a chance to witness to the sinner, that is until they get sued for it.


29 posted on 06/12/2013 12:45:31 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: servo1969

” The nation’s largest Protestant denomination stopped short of calling for its member churches to boycott the Boy Scouts”...

Why was this little blurb (1st line of article) left out of the preview???

The condemnation they issued is IRRELEVANT and USELESS because
they failed to call for a boycott and separation.

They might as well have said “we are ok with it”.

Next year we will find out who the real target of this BSA policy change was.

Churches that continue to sponsor scout troops will now be extremely vulnerable to discrimination lawsuits that we know are coming... and the plaintiffs will win now because of this BSA policy change.


30 posted on 06/12/2013 12:46:58 PM PDT by Safrguns (PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)
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To: PapaNew
Fire up a new organization if one hasn't been created already that promotes healthy godly behavior and forbids deviant behavior...

How about Royal Rangers, around for 50 years, since 1962.

31 posted on 06/12/2013 12:47:49 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“...the Boy Scouts now have a gay pride merit badge...”

You’re kidding, right? Please tell me you’re just kidding.


32 posted on 06/12/2013 12:48:26 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: manc

I share your feelings, having been there I did not want mine to go for this government but they did in true Corps fashion and each did three in the sandbox and are now out. I have one left at home and I am trying to encourage him into something else.


33 posted on 06/12/2013 12:49:03 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: tbw2
If you know of other alternatives, let me know.

That list leaves off Royal Rangers (www.royalrangers.com).

34 posted on 06/12/2013 12:51:20 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
It's not only this, but the Boy Scouts now have a gay pride merit badge ...

This is patently false. The Boy Scouts do not have a gay pride merit badge. There are many good reasons to oppose the BSA's recent actions to allow self-identified gays under 18 to become members. There is reason to be concerned that this action may in the future lead to other more extreme policy changes.

However, it is counterproductive to conservative causes to state incorrect information like that. Myself and many others look to this site for information we can use to inform others in everyday conversation, and if we end up citing information that is just plain false, it reflects badly on the conservative cause.

35 posted on 06/12/2013 12:51:45 PM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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To: MrB
Bingo (again).

The spirit of Anti-Christ is pervasive but is focused and strong in the Democratic Party because it is the spirit of the so-called Progressive movement begun in the late 1800's/early 1900's from which the bulk of the Democratic Party derives.

(I find it fascinating the many things including the Progressive Movement/Fabian Society/Marxism/Humanism/legal "realism", etc. coincides with the church age moving from the Philadelphia age to the Laodicean age which I believe took place around 1900. We are living in an exciting time - the age that will see a triumphant return of Jesus with His triumphant church.)

36 posted on 06/12/2013 12:51:50 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Resolute Conservative

I’m glad you understand, I think the military I served in has changed in the last few years and they would be better at not going through with what I did and they have seen my nightmares and it’s not pretty.

thank you and good luck to your boys


37 posted on 06/12/2013 12:52:03 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: CA Conservative

It’d be nice to hear more about how worth while and healthy the Royal Rangers are these days as a way of influencing a mass migration from the BSA.


38 posted on 06/12/2013 12:54:40 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Jane Long; manc

Bert has been trolling the BSA threads, basically accusing anyone who leaves over the gay issue of being disloyal and unworthy of being a Scout in the first place. Just ignore him - he has his head in a very dark and smelly place...


39 posted on 06/12/2013 12:54:57 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: manc

It is not the Reagan military I was in, that is for sure.


40 posted on 06/12/2013 12:55:01 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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