I didn't realize that, I thought they passed a resolution that gay men could be Scout leaders. What happened to that guy who brought the law suit a couple years back?
No longer loyal to Scouts, boys join Trail Life
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I didn't realize that, I thought they passed a resolution that gay men could be Scout leaders. What happened to that guy who brought the law suit a couple years back?
huntr1
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huntr1
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LOTS of companies are dropping funding because we still exclude gay adults.
Why?
b23hqb
Well-Known Member
Probably because they haven't been forced to vote on it since the last vote that allowed homosexual scouts in. Just a matter of time, me thinks, before PC wins again. Once you compromise, there is no turning back.
Gay children are okay, but not grown men. Why. Are they afraid that they would prey on the boys? Just because they are gay, it doesn't mean they are pedophiles.
huntr1
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That's what the vote was on. As of 1/1/14 openly gay youth are allowed in BSA. Openly gay adults are still not welcome. I expect the ban to be lifted by 2018 as Scouts Canada, Scouts Mexico and BSA are hosting the World Jamboree in 2019 at the Bechtel Summit, the new high adventure base / home of the BSA National Jamboree in West Virginia.
huntr1
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I NEVER said it made sense.
The inverse is to some extent true, most pedophiles are gay, most of them closeted.
I worry about pedophiles in sports, youth and church activities, not gays. If an adult leader in any of those activities is gay but in a relationship with another man, he is no more or less risk than a married man who participates in youth activities or sports that include female teenagers (e.g. volunteering as soccer or softball coach).
cheezgrits
Thought pirate
Simply this:
What is the Trail Life highest award?
What is Boy Scout's highest award?
Which has more prestige?
Only idiots think that "morally straight" in the Oath means only sexual preference.
The more organizations that take time and resources to provide a program for our youth instead of them running the streets is fine and welcome in my book.
What is the Trail Life highest award?
What is Boy Scout's highest award?
Which has more prestige?
Only idiots think that "morally straight" in the Oath means only sexual preference.
The more organizations that take time and resources to provide a program for our youth instead of them running the streets is fine and welcome in my book.
cheezgrits
Thought pirate
Can't name Trail Life's without the Google, can you?
Eagle Scout. Recognized around the world and most business leaders will tell you, makes a huge difference on a resume.
Eagle Scout. Recognized around the world and most business leaders will tell you, makes a huge difference on a resume.
See, I like what they did with Scouts. Gay leaders, not appropriate; gay scouts, ok. Mainly for this reason --
Boys join Scouts when they're like, 6 or 7 - as a Cub Scout. Or 11 or 12 - as a Boy Scout. And they do Scouting for *years*. Camping, fishing, athletics, crafts - and responsibility.
It's a part of their life.
Then one day when they're in their mid-teens, they realize they're gay; it's not as though they've been "hiding" it since they were 6 or 7 years old. They realize they've always been gay.
And suddenly - they're kicked out of an organization they've been a part of most of their lives. It's not their fault (unlike so very many - I believe gay people are born that way.)
Boys join Scouts when they're like, 6 or 7 - as a Cub Scout. Or 11 or 12 - as a Boy Scout. And they do Scouting for *years*. Camping, fishing, athletics, crafts - and responsibility.
It's a part of their life.
Then one day when they're in their mid-teens, they realize they're gay; it's not as though they've been "hiding" it since they were 6 or 7 years old. They realize they've always been gay.
And suddenly - they're kicked out of an organization they've been a part of most of their lives. It's not their fault (unlike so very many - I believe gay people are born that way.)
How would the Scout leaders find out he was gay?
