[NYer]

Meanwhile, the BSA is dealing with sex abuse lawsuits.

And there could be more financial damage to come, with jurors set to go back to court next week to decide whether the Scouts must pay up to $25 million in punitive damages.

The verdict delivered Tuesday by a Portland jury was based partly on the introduction as evidence of more than 1,000 so-called "perversion files" secretly kept by the Boy Scouts of America at the group's national headquarters from 1965 to mid-1984.

Boy Scouts sex trial shifts to punitive damages

[NYer]

Ping!

[Nachum]

If the Boy Scouts go gay, will they be renamed The “Rump Rangers”?

[Travis McGee]

[lowbridge]

There is a small group on the Executive Committee of the Boy Scouts who want this policy to change. What they face is a membership that largely opposes the measure. So, they try to get their way by lying about a poll.

Name them and expel them.

[SaxxonWoods]

The leadership has been infiltrated by Nambla symps.

The fight has just begun. The Boy Scouts will eventually be a farm for pedos.

[ptsal]

Vote your ballot, vote your wallet, vote your feet

[white trash redneck]

Exactly. If you want to see the upshot of allowing gay scoutmasters, look no further than the problems the Catholic church has faced with the antics of the pederast priests.

[ArrogantBustard]

Rule One: No Poofters!

[jimt]

Nobody is prevented from being a Scout because they’re homosexual. What prevents them from being Scouts is the ludicrous demand that everybody else “celebrate” their OPEN, BLATANT faggotry.

If they keep their sexual affairs private, as they should, there wouldn’t be an issue. The Scout in the story simply HAD TO announce he was “gay”.

No he didn’t. He did so because he was demanding others accept, and “celebrate” his perversion.

And that he has NO right to whatsoever.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Somebody should wrap BP’s coffin in copper wire and furnish energy to the world.

[GSD Lover]

These “leaders” are doing a numbers game. How much money will they lose if they maintain the status quo vs how much money they will lose if they allow gays in scouting.

In other words, which decision is most likely going to pay for their executive salaries and perks? :(

This is the highest consideration.

[DJ MacWoW]

Liberals
What Can You Say?

Donate

[Lancey Howard]

Obviously, the way to avoid perversion lawsuits is to open the door to admitting more perverts.
They can then change their name to “Turd Pokers of America”.

[TArcher]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/110542554/Boys-Scouts-of-America-Floyd-David-Slusher-File

 

 

"2nd Offense" -- FAIL

[so_real]

As a former den leader myself ... for even stooping to the level of "considering" a policy change, my inclination is to turn my back on the organization. I'm in a holding pattern. Waiting and watching.

[MacNaughton]

4/24/2013 - According to a Wall Street Journal blog by Geoffrey Fowler, Scouting leaders in Baltimore (Northeast Region Executive Vice President Jay Lenrow) and the Los Angeles Area Council this week proposed their own resolutions to end BSA’s longstanding ban on adult homosexual leaders. These resolutions indicated that there is still discord within the liberal ranks of BSA volunteers who believe the BSA National Executive Committee resolution doesn’t go far enough to eliminate discrimination. BSA National spokesman Deron Smith said the organization had “received various resolutions recommending a variety of options about this policy,” and that it referred those to its Resolutions Committee. That committee would meet sufficiently in advance of the annual National Council business meeting in May to address the resolutions, he said. The proposal from Mr. Lenrow stipulated that in choosing adult leaders each local organization “shall have the right (but not be required) to grant membership to individuals … without regard to sexual orientation.” Mr. Lenrow, who is from Baltimore, submitted his resolution as an individual BSA volunteer though he said he has support from other BSA volunteer leaders who are authorized to vote in May. Mr. Lenrow, who is Jewish, said the issue is related to freedom of religion for him. “I have bristled for 12 years because I felt that certain religious groups were preventing me from participating in Scouting in accordance with my religious principles,” he said. Some of Mr. Lenrow’s supporters say his proposal might make it to the ballot because it doesn’t directly contradict the national proposal, which changed the policy on gay youth, but essentially made no change to the rules about adults. Scouts for Equality founder Zach Wahls said he supported “anything that gets us towards a full resolution – and Jay’s resolution would do that — but our campaign won’t be over until we have gotten to the goal of full inclusion.”

[Colonel_Flagg]

Here’s the most sympathetic scenario presented to the respondents: “Tom started in the program as a Tiger Cub and finished every requirement for the Eagle Scout award at 16 years of age. At his board of review Tom reveals he is gay. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for the review board to deny his Eagle Scout award based on that admission?”

From the Eagle Scout Charge:

"I charge you to undertake your citizenship with a solemn dedication. Be a leader, but lead only toward the best. Lift up every task you do and every office you hold to the high level of service to God and your fellow men -- to finest living. We have too many who use their strength and their intellect to exploit others for selfish gains. I charge you to be among those who dedicate their skills and ability to the common good."

Since an Eagle Scout also promises to carry the Scout Oath with him for the rest of his life, which includes the charge to be morally straight, then no. "Tom" can't be an Eagle Scout.

[polymuser]

The new Scout Song, everybody sing along...

It’s fun to stay at the G.B.S.A.
It’s fun to stay at the G.B.S.A.
They have everything, For young men to enjoy.
You can hang out with all the boys!