Posted on 05/27/2013 7:51:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” (Mark 8:36)
It’s a sad day for both Scouting and for freedom. Indeed, it’s a sad day for America. The century-old Boy Scouts of America (BSA) – created in 1910 to “prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes” – has betrayed its own constituency, mission, oath and law.
Last Thursday, approximately 1,400 adult BSA delegates from around the country gathered in Texas and decided, in a disgracefully lopsided vote, to welcome into its ranks, “open and avowed” homosexuality (boy-on-boy sexual attraction and behavior), thereby disavowing the “morally straight” Scout Oath its members are sworn to uphold.
They voted unwisely.
History will reflect that on this day the BSA turned from morally straight to immorally bent – that this once great organization – founded on “honor,” “reverence” and biblical morality – was crushed beneath the worldly weight of pagan idolatry.
Whereas, for over a century, millions of boys have raised their right hands, swearing “on my honor” to “do my duty to God and my country” – on this day, hundreds of adult delegates likewise raised their right hands, shook their fists at God and flipped their middle fingers at both the boys they serve and the parents who trusted them.
While endeavoring to “gain the world,” this once honorable institution has forfeited its soul.
Scripture admonishes: “The wages of sin is death.” (Rom. 6:23). This was a catastrophic miscalculation. It was sin, and, tragically, through this sin, the BSA has now effectively sealed its own fate. It has set into motion its own demise.
Even by its own estimates, BSA leadership admits that the decision will likely result in a mass exodus from Scouting. They anticipate that as many as 400,000 Scouts and Scouters will leave the organization (acceptable casualties in the war on morality, I guess). Still, as devastating as this number is, it too represents a gross miscalculation.
Consider, for instance, that when Canada’s version of the Boy Scouts voted in 1998 to welcome open homosexuality, its membership rolls plummeted by over half in just five years, forcing camp closures, staff layoffs and huge budget cuts. Looking north of the border for clues, then, we can expect that, with current membership at around 2.6 million, it’s more likely that roughly 1.5 million Boy Scouts and troop masters will walk.
Then again, we’re talking about “progressive” Canada. This is the good ol’ USA. With over 61 percent of Scouts, Scouters and parents opposing the homosexualization of Boy Scouts, and over 70 percent of U.S. Scout groups sponsored by churches and religious organizations, it’s not unreasonable to expect that defections will even exceed this estimate.
In short, BSA’s betrayal may well result in near-total ruin. The wages of sin is death.
Here’s the reality: Reality has not changed. Objective truth did not suddenly and miraculously reverse itself on May 23, 2013. As BSA has always acknowledged (until Thursday), homosexual behavior remains empirically disordered and immoral. The only thing that has changed is politics.
Ultimately, this decision had nothing to do with “tolerance” or “inclusivity.” Neither did it concern the best interests of the boys who make up Boy Scouting. Instead, this decision was rooted in pure evil. It had everything to do with money. “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” (1 Timothy 6:10).
And wandered from the faith they have.
Now come the many griefs.
Really, three things drove this decision: Fear, greed and politics. A number of high-dollar corporate donors threatened to pull funding from BSA if they maintained the existing policy on sexual morality. Additionally, a number of extremist pressure groups, aided by a sympathetic left-wing media, brought tremendous pressure to bear.
But the pressure’s not going away. The BSA made a critical error in judgment. It showed weakness. This has only whipped these radicals into a heightened frenzy. Within moments of the “gay” announcement, Nancy Pelosi called the move “an important first step.” The Human Rights Campaign demanded “the new policy doesn’t go far enough,” and Mother Jones, a liberal online publication, posted an article titled, “Boy Scouts: You Can Be Gay Until You’re 18.”
Sin is never satisfied. The homofascist thirst for absolute affirmation is unquenchable.
What’s the next step? Activists now demand that adult men who desire sex with other males (“gay” scout masters) be allowed to take your sons camping overnight. Soon they’ll be insisting that “transgender boys” (girls who wish they were boys) be allowed to join as well.
What a camping trip. Imagine the pup tent. Your son and Jimmy – who’s got a crush on him – along with Billy and Billy’s boyfriend Bobby, all snuggly warm in the middle of nowhere. But make room for Sammy (formerly Suzie) and Sammy’s boyfriend Gary (formerly Gertrude).
Don’t forget to hang the disco ball.
And “always be prepared.”
You think there won’t be new membership stagnation? Who wants to sign their boy up for the “Gay Scouts”? What’s a kid gotta to do to earn his “tolerance badge”? Parents, you might want to get out while the gettin’s good. As one Eagle Scout told me, “I’m not leaving the Boy Scouts, the Boy Scouts left me.”
It’s only a matter of time until BSA caves on these demands as well. They’ll admit “gay” men and girls soon. They have no choice. Now that they’ve opened the door, they’ve waived the only legal defense they once had: religious and moral conviction.
But here’s the good news. I and dozens more will be convening for a coalition meeting of pro-family leaders next month in Louisville, Ky., to discuss the creation of a moral alternative to the Boy Scouts. Nature abhors a vacuum. We intend to fill it.
Still, until then, please join me as we mourn the loss of this once honorable organization. The Boy Scouts of America: Born Feb. 8, 1910 – Died May 23, 2013.
May it rest in peace.
RE: Then, tha Arab killed the camel and ate it
How’s he going to get through the desert after that? :)
[[It’s a sad day for both Scouting and for freedom.]]
It’s not so sad for freedom just yet- IF enough boyscouts and their parents andf busiensses desert the BSA and begi ntheir own organization which bars ALL immoral activity and has an oath that all scouts must sign promissing to abstain from ALL immoral activities or be banned for violating hte oath for breakign hteir sworn word to God-
But, that’s only IF those i nthe scouts still want freedom- There are enough financial supporters who will willingly abandon the BSA and support a new moral organization that htis could cripple the BSA (and the ensuing lawsuits agaisnt the BSA will further cripple them as kids are raped by the gay scouts in the now corrupt BSA organization) Whiel hte New Scouts will thrive and stand strong
And to that I would add the rubric: God. And specifically God as revealed to the world through Judaism and Christianity.
[[I local sheriff where I live is cancelling their charter in our area due to this decision being a violation of state laws regarding sodomy.]]
Wow- that’s cool- Some good news at last- Hopefully your community will quickly establish a new moral organization for hte kids though-
I just read on another thread the vote was 61%-39%.
Freegards
Spell check and proof reading is your friend.
Good point. I would also tag the very important word “service” on the end.
As long as the right entity is being served in the right spirit.
[[THis is a hugely demoralizing move in our country.]]
It doesn’t have to be- it can be a HUGE victory for morality IF the parents and churches and businesses that object will pull their kids and finacial support immediately, and begin a newm oral organization that permanently bans imorality of ALL kinds and makes everyone swear an oatrh before God to uphold thsoe principles-
The BSA has broken their OATH before God- this is no small matter- peopel think it doesn’t really matter anyl ogner if someoen breaks their oath to God- but it sure does matter and it sure is still a big deal- as the BSA will soon find out as they self destruct and fall into obscurity as just aqnother FAILED attempt by nambla to destroy morality in America- nambla can only succeed IF parents and busiensses and scouts do nothing and don’t send a loud and clear message that their morality and principles are NOT to be messed with
[[The homosexuals will now have their own homosexual boys’ organization, without having to finance it.]]
They are goign to lose a lot of finacial support- busiensses and churches WILL pull their support- soem wil lremain- but they won’t be enough to keep the now corrupt BSA afloat finacially for long-
Well, I don’t think they’ve gone in YET for telling “gay Scouts” that they can monkey around together in their pup tents. But the pressure will be difficult to resist. If BSA tries to say oh that’s wrong, they will get mobbed now by the usual screaming sisters as intolerant. Satan’s camel now has not just a nose but most of its body in the tent.
What if families took the BSA back?
Why should they lose?
More than just moral, folks... SPIRITUAL
Sin is never satisfied. What a great line.
“If BSA tries to say oh that’s wrong, they will get mobbed now”
Well, in that case, they should certainly give in.
But, as in all fights, the guy who gives in, exposing the rest of the group to the victor’s disgusting behavior, the appeaser is the appeaser.
Amen to every word of that post. You’ve really put your finger on the core of the problem.
Bingo. Once this happens, an organization must do the bidding of its donors and sublimate its own values.
Gay militants have no kids and many in that establishment are prominent in business have a ton of money, so forget that angle.
Stephen Spielberg came out against the BSA and pulled his financial support for their not getting involved in this.
The BSA should admit they don’t need money and they should only allow donations from former members.
they need to give up on needing financial support, and if this was the case, and not enormous corrupt gov’t forces put on then they get what the greedy in this world deserve.
“Next step for the BSA will be to allow gay scout leaders.”
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[[What if families took the BSA back?]]
That woudl be the ultimate preferrable course of action IF it can happen- I certainly hope it can- I personally however think that it ‘mihgt be’ a bigger victory for morlaity if peopel can see just how militant and hateful the gay commmunity is for havign crushed the one good thing that kids had these days- and thep ublic might draw strength seeign hte beta up old scouts rise ocne again to a new, strogner moral organization- of course the same coudl be seen IF the scotus can take back their organization,
I wish they could regain the scouts- but we might have to face the fact that it may not be possible-
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