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BBBSA's Inclusion of Homosexuals Causes Insurance Woes
Agape Press ^ | June 10, 2004 | afa journal

Posted on 06/10/2004 4:35:05 PM PDT by Dutchgirl

AgapePress) - One of the nation's largest mentoring organizations is discovering that some of its chapters are having trouble getting liability insurance because they allow homosexuals to be mentors for kids.

According to Family News in Focus, several chapters of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) may be forced to shut down because insurance companies are charging higher premiums or even refusing to write policies because of the "gay" mentors.

In 2002, BBBSA began requiring its chapters to allow open homosexuals to serve as mentors for children participating in its programs. That policy -- especially in light of the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal -- has led to a hesitancy on the part of some insurers to do business as usual with BBBSA.

Joan McPheron, a director for one BBBSA chapter, told Family News, "Of course, bottom line, the homosexual issue does come into play. Because we're working with kids ... we're dealing with possible abuse issues. [Insurers] recommend at least a million dollars to two million dollars coverage."

Rob Paris, who is a risk management specialist, said, "When you put a child with a known homosexual as a mentor, that would be [an additional] risk factor that the insurance company would take into consideration."

Paris said some insurance companies will not insure the chapters at any price because of the homosexual factor.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bbbsa; bigbrothers; bigsisters; children; culturewar; downourthroats; homosexual; homosexualagenda; insurance; mentors; prisoners; recruitment; risk; treasure
How sad is it when homosexual mentors will not be banned by the organization responsible for the welfare of the children, but by the insurance company that will be sued when the "unthinkable" happens.

What does this say about the priorities of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters?

1 posted on 06/10/2004 4:35:06 PM PDT by Dutchgirl
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To: Dutchgirl

Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse. Sheeesh.


2 posted on 06/10/2004 4:42:00 PM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: Dutchgirl
This is impossible. It must be discrimination.

Haven't these greedy insurance companies heard that homosexuals pose no higher risk of abuse of children in their care than do heterosexuals? And that, even if some abuse takes place, that it is entirely normal, natural, and healthy, and frequently beneficial to the child?

/gay fantasy world

(steely)

3 posted on 06/10/2004 4:42:33 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Dutchgirl; little jeremiah; scripter

Insurance woes because of homsexual hires = money problems.

The concern is lawsuits.

The answer that is found will NOT be to restrict access by homosexuals to little boys.

We'll be told the real answer will be to decriminalize man/boy sex; lower the age of consent; or to reduce the liability of bbsa by legislative action. Just watch.


4 posted on 06/10/2004 4:48:53 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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To: Dutchgirl

This is an interesting event. The gay lobby may have just hit a lobby more powerful than the gays will ever be. Insurance companies exist because of discrimination. The insurers have been discriminating at-will for two centuries.

There is nothing the gay folks can do about this one. The government courts cannot start telling insurers who they have to insure and how much to charge. If the courts try, the entire industry will fall hard.


5 posted on 06/10/2004 4:57:44 PM PDT by whereasandsoforth (tagged for migratory purposes only)
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To: Dutchgirl
Pastor Jeff Proctor-Murphy from Asbury United Methodist Church said Olmstead's views are outdated and foster "spiritual violence ... the justification or sanction of religious hatred."
Proctor-Murphy said the half-dozen or so Bible verses that condemn homosexuality are "outdated and archaic," noting that, "at one time, the Bible was used to justify slavery and the subjugation of women.

From the church’s website:

Having said that, there are some basic, commonly held theological assumptions at Asbury. For example, we are not Scriptural literalists. We believe that the Bible is like a window through which we see God and better understand ourselves - and not a static, inerrant textbook.

Matthew 7:
21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

Proctor-Murphy is in for an ugly awakening.

6 posted on 06/10/2004 5:01:44 PM PDT by tbpiper (John Kerry: the next Jimmy Carter....only not quite as good.)
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To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...

Homosexual Agenda Ping - Here's the Rest of the Story.

Or, what happens when homosexuals are permitted - nay, invited - to be "mentors" of young kids and adolescents.

Result? Destruction, all over the place. Hopefully, Big Brothers and Sisters will either shut down, thus protecting children and young people from the predations of homosexuals, or better yet, they will change their policy and screen homosexuals out.

It would be a shame to shut down an organization that AFAIK has been very helpful to children that come from less than perfect homes, providing them with role models and a "big brother" when they needed one. But better to shut it down than provide a hunting ground for sexual deviant predators.

Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.

P.S. I wonder if homosexuals will now sue the insurance companies....


7 posted on 06/10/2004 5:16:46 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Take Back The Rainbow! Take back the word "GAY"!)
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To: Dutchgirl

The BBBS organization should be commended in recognizing the need to provide fairies with access to clean, fresh young meat. After all, what is more important here, keeping aging faggots as disease free as possible or providing children a wholesome upbringing. Can't we charge these insurance outfits with a hate crime for experience rating their premium levels?


8 posted on 06/10/2004 5:20:57 PM PDT by Tacis (,)
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To: Dutchgirl
Serves 'em right for having turned down that one guy (in Washington state?)
over concerns that he was too involved in church activities.
9 posted on 06/10/2004 5:29:01 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Dutchgirl
What do insurance companies know about risk? I've read in many respected MSM newspapers that homosexuals represent no more risk to adolescents than heterosexuals.

The obvious solution is to force the insurance companies to provide coverage to Gay Friendly mentoring organizations at the same rates provided to those that are backward and homophobic.

Better yet, maybe some of billions in federal funds designated for "HIV/AIDS prevention" can go to subsidizing the insurance. That would certainly be legit, as who better than these organization's mentors to instruct the delectable young adolescents in practicing Safe Sex?

10 posted on 06/10/2004 5:55:09 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Plutarch
Check the prisons. The rate of 'child' molesters are about 3-4 to 1 boys over girls. That means that these child molesters prefer boys 75+% of the time. Well boys and girls, that means that these pedophiles are gay. If they weren't gay, they would just be into children of any gender. Just like the priests. There were virtually no girls being molested. Coincidence?????

Either pedophilia is endemic in the gay culture, endemic in homosexuality itself, or the two are being caused by the same thing.

But it seems totally appropriate to use our kids as test subjects to see whether any of this is true (sarcasm:off)

11 posted on 06/10/2004 6:07:27 PM PDT by bpjam (I don't know what a neo-con is and neither does anybody else.)
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To: Steely Tom
Haven't these greedy insurance companies heard that homosexuals pose no higher risk of abuse of children in their care than do heterosexuals?

Sarcasm noted. Here's some interesting links:

Homosexuals, being around 2% (including bisexuals) of the population, account for a third of child molestations. Sources:

Child Molestation and Homosexuality
Homosexual Rape and Murder of Children
Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse
Homosexuality and child molestation: the link, the likelihood, the lasting effects.
The insurance companies are making a smart business move.
12 posted on 06/10/2004 6:32:51 PM PDT by scripter (Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: little jeremiah
Bump


What We Can Do To Help Defeat the "Gay" Agenda


Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Version 1.1)


Myth and Reality about Homosexuality--Sexual Orientation Section, Guide to Family Issues"

13 posted on 06/11/2004 7:11:42 AM PDT by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: Dutchgirl

When politicians will not do what is right and push dangerous PC agendas, our capitalistic system can often do what is right!


14 posted on 06/11/2004 7:14:30 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them! ~~Ronald Reagan)
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