Posted on 07/25/2012 7:58:45 PM PDT by kevcol
Tension over the Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay policy reached the Sacramento region this week after 10 members of an area summer camp staff walked out in response to the firing of a gay staff member.
Local BSA officials said the young man was fired not because he is gay, but because he failed to heed repeated requests to dress appropriately for camp. Specifically at issue were his painted fingernails and earring, although one senior official said there were also complaints about his mannerisms and behavior.
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On the other side, Randy Thomasson, president of the website SaveCalifornia.com, which bills itself as an advocate for traditional family values, said the Scouts had every right to dismiss Griffin.
"The Scout policy is well known," Thomasson said. "The Boy Scouts have high standards for behavior. The Boy Scouts ought to be commended for maintaining their high standards.
"This guy should not have been working there once he decided he was against their stance on sexuality," he said.
Still, the firing came as a shock to Griffin, a Vacaville native who grew up in a Scouting family.
"As I grew up in the Boy Scouts, I realized I was queer at a young age," he said.
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So, how ‘bout it Laz? Up for a field trip? Don’t forget your camera....
:-) You can’t drive down the street, since it is gated.
How’s Laz supposed to drive down your street and see how conservative you are? (I am glad to hear it’s gated)
;^)
I am a small government conservative with a bit of libertarian in raising of our kids. We are dependent on the family unit, not the government!
Freedom to have mom's funbags danglin'?
Somehow, I dont believe the Founding Fathers primary concern was the public display of pubes.
Ben Franklin was a nudist. Now, it is my and my wife’s choice to raise our kids as naturists. Of course, it is your choice to raise your kids fearing the human body, the one GOD created.
People who are naked are INHERENTLY EVIL.
That includes newborn babies. If you don’t clothe them they do all kinds of vile things. :)
I'm not sure where you came from, but on EARTH we are born nude.
Laz has been here since 1999. You may want to find a more convincing argument.
When will you SATAN WORSHIPERS ever learn?
SATAN WALKS AMONGST US!!!!! He’s that poster, ExCTCitizen.
Nice to see you, FRiend. :)
If one group is banned, is that FREEDOM?
Yes. You are naked. Naked is EVIL. Read the BIBLE. It says that NAKED is EVIL. NO MORE NAKED ALLOWED!
I have only one question: Are you Satan?
Not so easy to recruit suitable replacements mid-way in the summer. I have no idea who the people who walked out were, but if they were program staff - the kids who are actually teaching merit badges, etc. - this kind of move really screws over the Scouts that these people pledged to serve.
And it’s entirely appropriate to fire a staffer who will not follow camp directives on the dress code.
I doubt the Girl Scouts will take him. The GSUSA is far more discriminatory than the BSA is. The BSA discriminates against the 3% of the population that is gay and the (whatever it is)% of the population that is atheist. The GSUSA discriminates against the 50% of the population that is male. They can’t join at all as youth and they limit them as adults. In the BSA young women ages 13 to 20 can join as youth and there are no limitations on the positions that female adults can hold.
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