[jjm2111]

"Under current Boy Scout rules, a crack-smoking, al-Qaeda-supporting, wife-beating member of the Ku Klux Klan would be fine as a scoutmaster..."

No he wouldn't, you lying reporter. Get a grip.

I'm sorry, no single guy gay or straight, should really want to go hang out in the woods with little boys. The Scouts have a policy against gay Scoutmasters, not gay Scouts. (I'm not 100% sure on that though). I'm an Eagle Scout. I think the policy (against gays and atheists) is correct and I haven't sent in my merit badges.

/rant.

[CapedCrusader]

The Scouts have a policy against gay Scoutmasters, not gay Scouts.

No, it's both. James Dale was a Scout, not a Scoutmaster.

[RonF]

Actually, I've known a number of single guys in Scouting, and know a bunch still. They're all guys who were heavily involved in Scouting as youth and just stayed in once they aged out of the youth side of the program. And I assure you that none of them are gay. Let's just say that I've been involved with some off-the-reservation-and-out-of-uniform outings with them....