Posted on 06/03/2013 12:49:49 PM PDT by Prole
(Newser) – The Boy Scouts of America's decision last month to allow gay members was made with the blessings of many churches and religious groups—but not all of them. And here's a pretty significant opponent: The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America with 45,000 congregations and 16 million members, says it will now urge its followers to leave the Scouts, reports CNN. The Boy Scouts says Baptist churches currently sponsor nearly 4,000 units, containing more than 100,000 kids.
The Southern Baptist Convention will vote on a resolution to disaffiliate with the Scouts this month, and a spokesperson says he expects 99% of people to vote in support of it. "Southern Baptists are going to be leaving the Boy Scouts en masse," he says.
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In my experience Baptists were never strong scouting supporters any way. They did not sponsor troops like other denominations. That is especially of the small elitist Baptist congregations.
To say they are leaving in mass is assuming there was a Baptist scouting mass to begin with.
very very few upper class or upper middle class kids (which from my DDs school experiences in Catholic and public school seem to attract a fair share of lesbian and other acting out girls like the cutters, bulemics, oral and other sexgirls) ever attend GS much less GS camp
he in my day the GS used to sneak out to meet the Boy Scouts, not other girls
I wouldn't send my daughter to any sleepaway camp but our local troop camp gatherings on weekends are heavily supervised by helicopter parents.
You got to watch out for that lesbian “coming out” literature (you read much of that?)
what I have read in horrified fascination seems like lurid fantasy tales spun by sadly disordered and angry women
even “family” TV is a lost wasteland with “The Fosters” starring on “ABC Family” last night.
Soon, won't every kid want to belong to a “loving lesbian family?” A whole new take on “Leave it to Beaver”
We need more conservatives like you in the Catholic Church. Please consider. All churches are battling Satan from within.
Yeah I am really torn here. I made the decision not to go ahead to Boy Scouts for my older son, but I have one in cubs still. Some of the activities were really ridiculous...things like scrap booking???? Come on! I think we’re done. This made the decision easier. By the way, how can they keep “morally straight” in there? I mean, what is the point of that line now?
Then you are defending homosexuality. Perhaps you forgot you’re on FR rather than DU, which is more suited for your moral filth.
Allow me to point out what the founder of this website says on the FRONT page of this website:
As a conservative site, Free Republic is PRO-GOD, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, HOMOSEXUALISM, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc.
Yes, they do.
My apologies - I was referring to the PCUSA, of course.
Only a liar or a fool believes that homosexual rape of little boys is a Christian act of kindness. Which are you?
The SBC is making a terrible tactical and strategic mistake. The Devil wants sin to stay in the dark and hidden. Every publicly declared homosexual boy in the Scout is an opportunity to testify of Christ and to transform lives.
Furthermore, hearing the stories and watching the transformations or resistances to change will innoculate Christian youth like nothing else can. Real life, direct experience with the misery of the homosexual lifestyle is being kept from the public and via government schools is perverted into praise for a depressing, unhappy lifestyle.
Learning to love the sinner and hate the sin is the goal of every Christian.
I dunno. If they don’t mind being exposed to the good news that their Messiah has already come and is alive, then it should work out pretty good.
No, I am defending scouting. I have no truck with narrow minded zealots that insist on behvior that ultimately is destructive.
I voted and wrote against the change to the scouting program but it is what it is.
Scouting will continue in spite of the narrow minded cowards that desert in time of need
My conservative credentials here are unassailable.
My conservative credentials here are unassailable.
***Consider them “assailed”, because you are defending homosexuality here on FR.
No, I didn't forget the Catholic Church or the Orthodox churches - nor did I forget the LDS church. Those are in a different category, and I will allow Catholics or Mormons or Orthodox Christians to address how their churches will deal with the current situation. Particularly in the case of the Catholic Church, there seems to be a vast gulf between what the church leadership teaches and what the laity actually believes or practices. Since I am not Catholic, I can't really speak effectively to how that difference might affect their relationship with the BSA.
And is it really necessary to stoop to calling people "ignorant"? That doesn't speak very highly of your maturity and your ability to carry on a cogent conversation.
Your trivial pitiful zealotry dose not qualify as assailing
It is mere static, white noise in the cosmoss
” Sadly, I believe this goes much deeper than just the homos trying to destroy the Boy Scouts. Here was an organization that instilled in boys and young men a sense of duty to god, country and family. Things that have been in the cross-hairs of communism for a long time. “
No argument here.
” The really sad thing here is that the Boy Scout executives chose the almighty dollar over principles. They did a huge survey of parents and volunteers a few months ago, and the results were that almost two-thirds opposed this policy change. But the people who voted on allowing openly homosexual scouts were not the members and volunteers who took that survey. They were 1,400, mostly professional (paid), scouting executives. They were worried about their salaries”
Well, when millions of christians pull out funding, they will REALLY worry about their salaries : )
You say your conservative credentials are unassailable. Your defense of homosexuality belongs on DU. You are simply not a conservative. You’re part of the problem.
I may show up as white noise static to you, but you show up as an anti-conservative troll on FR.
” This is what we’re seeing with the regulatory extermination of small businesses as well. Fascists/leftists know it’s easier to corrupt and control a few large companies than a bunch of small mom & pop businesses.”
Well stated.
” I once dreamed of my boy making Eagle. Now, the Boy Scouts are off the table. I hope someone, somewhere, will aggregate these thoughts and make them known to the BSA.”
There are hundreds of thousands of people letting the BSA know this.
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