Eric Holder: If Gay Adults Are Fit for Military Service, They Are Fit to Lead Boy Scouts

CNS News ^ | 06/13/2014 | Susan Jones

[SeekAndFind]

The Attorney General of the United States told a homosexual advocacy group on Tuesday night that the Boy Scouts of America "preserves and perpetuates the worst kind of stereotypes" by refusing to allow homosexuals to serve as Boy Scout troop leaders.

"Today, courageous lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals routinely put their lives on the line as members of America's armed services," Holder told Lambda Legal Tuesday night. "And if these men and women are fit for military service, then surely they are fit to mentor, to teach, and to serve as role models for the leaders of future generations."

In June 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5–4 ruling, said the Boy Scouts had a constitutional right, as a private organization, to exclude homosexuals from leadership positions.

Almost nine years later, President Obama came into office, pledging to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. In December 2010, he signed a bill passed by the Democrat-majority Congress repealing the ban on homosexual men and women serving openly in the armed services.

Holder received a warm reception Tuesday night at the Lambda Legal reception, where he promised that the fight for civil rights and "LGBT equality" remains a "top priority," not only for the Justice Department, but "for me personally."

[GingisK]

They “handled it” meaning kept it out of the media, and even kept it from the scouting leadership.

I was thinking that I would have "handled it" using SSS rules.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

If repeat offender criminals are fit for prison, then so are corrupt officials who run the Justice Department.

[grobdriver]

f these men and women are fit for military service

That's just it, moron - they aren't.

[windsorknot]

Eric Hold ‘Er: Attorney Genital.

[TXnMA]

"And if these men and women are fit for military service, then surely they are fit to mentor, to teach, and to serve as role models for the leaders of future generations."

So -- that's what passes for "logic" by 'the top lawyer in the US'...

Same logic as:

"If a queer makes a good killer, it would make a good parent or babysitter."

Bravo sierra...

[liberalism is suicide]

Holder isn’t fit to be called an American.

[Arthur McGowan]

Haven’t rapes of males in the military more or less exploded?

[spodefly]

This country has this man as its chief law enforcement officer.

The USA. Put a fork in it.