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I am not as gloomy as the author. Yes, this is a serious and possibly fatal blow to Scouting. However, "So at home, the boy hears homosexuality is an objective disorder and to engage in this behavior is intrinsically evil, and then he heads off to the camp meeting and hears the exact opposite," seems too pessimistic. I don't for one minute believe that is how it will play out. Kids will hear at home that homosexuality is a perversion, and for the most part they will hear at camp, particularly from each other, that homosexuality is at least disgusting. The toleration of gay boys will not become a celebration, not in BSA.

"The young fellow who is today a Scout will tomorrow be an adult male. Do the Scouts really want us to believe that the official policy is that in the future, their one-time boy scouts remain celibate for life?" Actually, that is the Catholic policy and the policy of Protestants who follow the Bible, and it is at least somewhat realistic for gay boys. For bisexuals, it is completely realistic. A straight man can be (and very likely is) attracted to both married and single women. An honorable Christian will avoid encounters with married women, even if he is attracted and they are willing. Similarly, a bisexual male with morals will avoid those encounters that are forbidden by God's Word. Is that any more unrealistic than a heterosexual avoiding married women?

Kids will hear at home that homosexuality is a perversion, and for the most part they will hear at camp, particularly from each other, that homosexuality is at least disgusting. The toleration of gay boys will not become a celebration, not in BSA.

Wait till full-frontal sensitivity training is implemented. And speech -- thought codes.

Just like the rest of society.