Fine sentiments. The composition of the “Board” that made this vile decision and how it is constituted is a bit murky. Perhaps the first step is to define the mechanism how the Boy Scouts Board is appointed or elected, take control of the process, elect or appoint clear thinking moral people and reverse the process. A purge is necessary at the headquarters.
Agree 100%.
1. There was a motion put on the floor at the 5/23/2013 meeting to fire the chief scout executive and remove the National President and National Commissioner. It went no where.
2. It is too late to overthrow the National Executive Board. The corporate CEOs who hold many of the ~62-72 seats are committed to "equality." "Equality" is "Cultural Marxism". The Human Rights Campaign began its Corporate Equality Index in 2000 by which they rated corporations on their homosexual rights policies. The Voice of the Scout Survey results released on 4/19/2013 stated that 51% of major donors support the current policy (i.e., ban open homosexuals) while 33% oppose it. But a majority of Fortune 500 companies want to see the policy changed.
3. The National Jewish Committee on Scouting released a statement to its members after the vote on 5/23/2013 which said in part ... http://www.scouting.org/filestore/MembershipStandards/Jewish-Committee-on-Scouting2.pdf
"... This is a clear mandate for inclusion in Scouting. It is not everything that we may have wanted but it is a solid confirmation of the views of the population we serve with regard to young people. I now that many of us now want to move on to the next step and to eliminate sexual orientation as a criterion for adults as well. That time will come. Today we need to seize the moment and take advantage of the new policy as it affects Jewish Scouting. We need to be proactive with the Jewish organizations in our country. Even though some may not be satisfied with the outcome of this vote because they do not feel that it was as comprehensive as they have wished, they need to know that major progress has been made."