Boy Scouts Blaze Path for Catholic Reform

The Washington Dispatch ^ | 05/02/02 | R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

[Spin]

If I am accurately perceiving the national controversy over pederasty in the American Roman Catholic Church, I have to conclude that the Boy Scouts of America are vindicated. The only logical conclusion deducible from the media's outrage over revelations of pederasty in the pulpit is that the Boy Scouts' ban against homosexual scout leaders is OK.

The vast majority of irregularities reported in the present scandal have been between errant priests and post-pubescent boys. Apparently, the Boy Scouts' wisdom and prudence goes beyond tying knots and putting out forest fires. Maybe now the Boy Scouts will again have access to government facilities and to the largess of such charities as the United Way.

It is only a matter of time before the American Catholic Church adopts the same standards for the priesthood that the Boy Scouts have maintained for Scout leaders, despite the criticisms of the politically correct. Soon, if the spirit of reform in the Church continues, every priest in the church will be able to take the Boy Scout oath without winking. Perhaps Scout leaders will soon be admitted to the priesthood, and American intellectuals will begin to speculate on when the Roman Catholic Church will finally select a Boy Scout leader as pope.

The last few months' revelations that the Catholic hierarchy covered up for hundreds of priests having sexual relations with perhaps thousands of boys provoked anger all over America. Even liberal forward-lookers are angry, though now they are in the weird position of opposing homosexual priests while favoring homosexual Boy Scout leaders. Embracing such contradiction is for liberals their special art form -- but if it becomes too much a strain, there is a remedy to this contradiction, to wit: Liberals could drop their boycott of the Boy Scouts if the Boy Scouts promise to enlist homosexual priests as Scout leaders.

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[George from New England]

A BIG bump from CT. The boy scouts have it right!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Think of clever five or six word bumper stickers. We could have a LOT of fun with this (plus drive home an important point).

[HiJinx]

BSA already has one:
America Returns to Values
The Boy Scouts Never Left

[MudPuppy]

why was this article moved from News to Religion???

[Corin Stormhands]

Good one, where can I get one?

[Spin]

???

[maeng]

Please tell me where to get this bumper sticker!!!!

[HiJinx]

My co-worker bought his at the Catalina Council (Tucson, AZ) Scouting Store. Look for "BSA Stuff" on google.com for possible on-line sources or Council Scouting Stores in your area. One such store locator is at scoutstuff.org.

[Corin Stormhands]

Thanks. We have a scout store here. I'll check it out.

[ppaul]

[ventana]

His sneakers sure are white. V's wife.

[ventana]

"CATHOLICS: BE CERTAIN YOUR PARISH SUPPORTS THE BOY SCOUTS"

They'll get the message. V's wife.

[eastsider]

Liberals could drop their boycott of the Boy Scouts if the Boy Scouts promise to enlist homosexual priests as Scout leaders.

Bump for the Boy Scouts. : )

[Brian Kopp DPM]

why was this article moved from News to Religion???

How about answering her question.

[ppaul]

Timeline: Is the Catholic Church Experiencing Judgment?

[ppaul]

Because any article that even casually mentions the Catholic Church,
or the priesthood pederasty/pedophilia scandals
are now being automatically bumped to "Religion" within minutes of their being posted
and removed from "General Interest/News/Activism"
whether they are "Breaking", "Editorial", "Front Page", or "Extended".
I don't know why.
Biased moderator perhaps?

[ppaul]

See # 17 above.

[ventana]

Yes, I believe it is. Will it prevail? Jesus promised it would. V's wife.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

I don't know why. Biased moderator perhaps?

I don't know why either. It certainly appears to be bias at best, and a patronizing form of censorship, or else some running this site do indeed have an anti-Catholic agenda.

Which is why I am asking for an explanation. The least they can do is explain what appears to be an anti-Catholic agenda.