[servo1969]

I can imagine the attitude of the gay proponents in the BSA leadership is, "Good."

[Alex Murphy]

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.’"

Ping for later

[South40]

Anyone sane condemns the Boy Scouts over admission of gays.

[manc]

good but what is the action?

[WKUHilltopper]

I won’t have my son involved with the Blow Scouts and that perversion.

[PapaNew]

Fire up a new organization if one hasn't been created already that promotes healthy godly behavior and forbids deviant behavior (like the BSA - in their code of ethics but not in their actions, like physicians abandonment of their Hippocratic Oath)).

The light of Life and darkness of the world is becoming more distinct. Jesus is coming soon.

[SoldierDad]

Condemn? More is needed. A serious recommendation by the Southern Baptists for members of the congregation to immediately remove their child from the GBSA (Gay Boy Scouts of America) should be forthcoming.

[Telepathic Intruder]

It's not only this, but the Boy Scouts now have a gay pride merit badge, and is teaching gay tolerence instead of silly things like traditional values or surviving in the woods. Although they have ended their ban on gay scouts, not yet their ban an gay leaders. I suppose that's next, however. It's the next logical step. Where do you think they get thsese ideas...?

"I think that, uh, you know, my attitude is, is that gays and lesbians should have, uh, access, and, and, opportunity, uh, the same way everybody else does, uh, in every institution and walk of life, and, um, you know, the, the Scouts are a great institution, uh, that, are, uh, promoting, uh, young people and exposing them to, uh, you know, opportunities, and, and..."

[Brad from Tennessee]

If the Scouts lose their sponsors they can apply for a grant from the Valentino Liberace Foundation.

[0.E.O]

So...they condemn the change but they’re not ending their association with the Scouts? Kind of a mixed message in that, isn’ there?

[Jeff Head]

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.

[EXCH54FE]

Thank GOD!!!!

[Safrguns]

” 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.

[Vigilanteman]

Show me a Boy Scout— or anyone else— who can’t keep his piehole shut about being “openly gay” and I’ll show you one who can’t possibly keep the “morally straight” part of the scout oath.

[super7man]

This whole thing has not been about allowing homosexual Scouts. It is about destroying anything that does not celebrate homosexuality.
Scouting (if it continues to exist) will now have to have some training of the Scouts on how to behave and accommodate homosexual Scouts. This alone sexualizes a youth program that does not need it.

Our Troop will not re-charter in the fall. The commitment to the male youth is still there. I just will not be through Scouting.

Eagle Scout ‘69
Scouter 2001-1013

[MasterGunner01]

I’m not a Southern Baptist, but you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand what the BSA Board was WRONG. The BSA Board caved to the Gay Mafia agenda (and their gay loving big business leaders). Follow the money — the BSA Board was told by their big business members that if they didn’t go with the gay agenda, the big businesses would cut their funding of BSA programs.

[MacNaughton]

http://www.baptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=40499
Boy Scout resolution adopted by SBC

Long article explaining the debate at the link above. The resolution is presented below.

RESOLUTION 6
ON THE CHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP POLICY OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

WHEREAS, For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been a values-based boys organization designed to "prepare young people for a lifetime of character and leadership," equipping them "to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law"; and

WHEREAS, The Scout Oath contains language that is consistent with belief in God and biblical precepts that serve as the basis for Christian faith: "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"; and

WHEREAS, The leadership of the Boy Scouts throughout its history has restricted from membership and leadership those persons who would affect the group's ability to advocate its viewpoints in regard to belief in God and His moral precepts; and

WHEREAS, In 1992, and again in 2000, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted resolutions affirming the Boy Scouts in their stand that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the obligations of the Scout Oath, encouraging the BSA "to maintain its historic commitments" (1992) and "to hold fast to its traditional ideals" (2000); and

WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the constitutional right to freedom of association allows a private organization, as part of its "expressive message," to exclude a person from membership when "the presence of that person affects in a significant way the group's ability to advocate public or private viewpoints" and that allowing homosexuals as adult leaders would interfere with that message (Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale); and

WHEREAS, In 2004, the Boy Scouts adopted a policy statement that said, in part, "Boy Scouts of America believes that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the obligations in the Scout Oath and Scout Law to be morally straight and clean in thought, word, and deed"; and

WHEREAS, In 2012, an eleven-person committee appointed by the National Council of the Boy Scouts completed a two-year study and reported its unanimous decision that the Boy Scouts retain the current policy as outlined above; and

WHEREAS, NBC News reported in breaking news on January 28, 2013, that the BSA executive leadership, in concert with certain members of the BSA board of directors, was poised to change the Scouts' historic policy at its February 4–5 board meeting the following week to allow avowed homosexuals into membership and leadership positions within the Boy Scouts of America; and

WHEREAS, During the week between when news broke of this proposed policy change and the February board meeting, the Boy Scouts received an outpouring of feedback from Scouts, Scouting families, sponsoring organizations, and the American public; and

WHEREAS, On February 6, 2013, the BSA board determined that, "due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a deliberate review of its membership policy"; and

WHEREAS, The National Council of the Boy Scouts voted on May 23, 2013, to approve new membership guidelines that state, "no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone"; and basic understandings of male friendships, needlessly politicize human sexuality, and heighten sexual tensions within the Boy Scouts; and

WHEREAS, Many Southern Baptist churches sponsor Boy Scout troops and many Southern Baptists are involved in Scouting; and

WHEREAS, The Baptist Faith and Message states that "Christians should oppose ... all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography," and Southern Baptists consistently have expressed their opposition to the normalization of homosexual behavior in American culture through more than a dozen resolutions over the past thirty years;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Houston, Texas, June 11–12, 2013, express our continued opposition to and disappointment in the decision of the Boy Scouts of America to change its membership policy;

and be it further RESOLVED, That we express our gratitude for the thousands of individuals within the Scouting family and the culture at large who expressed their opposition to the BSA executive leadership's intent to change its membership and leadership policies in regard to homosexuality, leading to the compromise recommendation it presented to the BSA National Council;

and be it further RESOLVED, That we express our gratitude to each voting member of the National Council who voted in opposition to the policy change for membership;

and be it further RESOLVED, That we express our well-founded concern that the current executive leadership of the BSA, along with certain board members, may utilize this membership policy change as merely the first step toward future approval of homosexual leaders in the Scouts;

and be it further RESOLVED, That we call on the Boy Scouts to remove from executive and board leadership those individuals who, earlier this year, sought to change both the membership and leadership policy of the Scouts without seeking input from the full range of the Scouting family;

and be it further RESOLVED, That we affirm the right of all families and churches prayerfully to assess their continued relationship with the BSA, expressing our support for those churches and families that as a matter of conscience can no longer be part of the Scouting family;

and be it further RESOLVED, That we encourage churches and families that remain in the Boy Scouts to seek to impact as many boys as possible with the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ, to work toward the reversal of this new membership policy, and to advocate against any future change in leadership and membership policy that normalizes sexual conduct opposed to the biblical standard;

RESOLVED, That we encourage churches that choose to sever ties with the Boy Scouts not to abandon their ministry to boys but consider expanding their Royal Ambassadors ministry, a distinctively Southern Baptist missions organization to develop godly young men;

and be it finally RESOLVED, That we declare our love in Christ for all young people regardless of their perceived sexual orientation, praying that God will bring all youth into a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.