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Boy Scouts expected to lift ban on gay adult leaders on Monday
Reuters ^ | July 27, 2015 | Marice Richter

Posted on 07/27/2015 4:54:16 AM PDT by Zakeet

The Boy Scouts of America is expected to end its ban on gay adult leaders on Monday, dismantling a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization.

The Boy Scouts National Executive Board will consider a resolution that was unanimously approved by the organization’s executive committee on July 13. The organization is urging an end to the ban because of "sea change in the law with respect to gay rights."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: absolutemorals; boyscouts; gayrights; homosexual
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You Freepers don't need to worry because the BSA’s commitment to duty to God and the rights of religious chartered organizations to select their leaders is unwavering

1 posted on 07/27/2015 4:54:16 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

liar, damn liar


2 posted on 07/27/2015 4:55:10 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: bert

I think he forgot the sarcasm tag.

I left BSA 18 months ago and took my entire troop with me to Trail Life USA.

I suspect we’re going to grow a lot this week. I’ve gotten two inquiries about joining our troop yesterday.


3 posted on 07/27/2015 4:57:17 AM PDT by cyclotic ( Check out traillifeusa.com. America's premier boys outdoor organization)
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To: Zakeet

What a great idea! Let’s just put NAMBLA in charge of the scouts and be done with it! Nothing could possibly go wrong with this.....and when the number of scouts goes through the floor, they’ll be scratching their heads wondering why.


4 posted on 07/27/2015 4:58:42 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: cyclotic

Hope this becomes the norm and the BSA dies


5 posted on 07/27/2015 5:00:23 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Zakeet

Great idea!! What could go wrong.


6 posted on 07/27/2015 5:01:04 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (So America died not with a bang but a whimper.)
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To: bert

- - -there will be a massive “sea change” in their ability

to solicit donations when this happens!!! I’ve collected

money as a part of “Friends of Scouting” for years and it

got tougher last year and when/if this is passed-—it will

become almost impossible!! That’s the goal—KILL Scouting!!


7 posted on 07/27/2015 5:01:26 AM PDT by oldbugleboy
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To: Zakeet

So much for that “morally straight” thing.


8 posted on 07/27/2015 5:01:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cyclotic

are you going to Philmont?


9 posted on 07/27/2015 5:04:53 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: Zakeet

Another once proud organization that caved to democrats and liberals.

And they will wonder what went wrong 10 years from now when they close the National HQ.

The BSA could have simply stood firm and told the gays to start their own “Man-Boy Gay Camping Club” and to leave the BSA alone.

Except NO ONE would have joined it. And the gays know this.

Take a look at the Episcopalian Church or the Canadian Boy Scouts to see your future.


10 posted on 07/27/2015 5:07:24 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: cyclotic

Trail of Life...just went over and read the “about” page. Wonderful! I was active in the BSA with my sons and cannot believe what they have become. This is a wonderful alternative...if a lot younger I would personally get active in this organization. I hope many others make your choice.


11 posted on 07/27/2015 5:10:03 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else)
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To: Zakeet

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel — let the reader understand — then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Matt. 24:15-16

12 posted on 07/27/2015 5:10:11 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Zakeet

It won’t take long for their donations to dry up.


13 posted on 07/27/2015 5:13:08 AM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: Zakeet

How about two adult gay scout masters steaming up their tent with “love” while the adolescent boys in the adjacent tents toss and turn to the sounds of orgasmic pleasures and aromas wafting through the pine forest.

They will need a new merit badge for that.


14 posted on 07/27/2015 5:15:45 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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When will they add a “Fisting” Badge?


15 posted on 07/27/2015 5:17:03 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cyclotic

I’m really over the hill. If everything is about sexuality, how does ANYONE develop as a normal, fully evolved, civilized person?


16 posted on 07/27/2015 5:17:32 AM PDT by grania
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To: Zakeet
From the article:
John Stemberger, chairman of the breakaway Christian youth outdoor program Tail Life USA, ...”

"Tail life"?

Yea, it is a typo. But this would be a fitting title for the "new" Boy Scouts.

17 posted on 07/27/2015 5:21:22 AM PDT by nonsporting
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To: nonsporting

They might as well change the name to “Scouting for Boys.”


18 posted on 07/27/2015 5:21:52 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: grania

That’s a great way to ask the question. I have a hard time understanding how anyone can be so fixated with one relatively small part of their life that it overrides virtually everything else.

I also can’t understand why the entire nation has become fixated on enabling the mental disorders of a small subset of the population.

2% should be a rounding error, not key demographic


19 posted on 07/27/2015 5:21:59 AM PDT by cyclotic ( Check out traillifeusa.com. America's premier boys outdoor organization)
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To: Zakeet

Gee I wonder what the new “loyalty to the leader” merit badge might look like.


20 posted on 07/27/2015 5:22:45 AM PDT by Lake Living
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