There's no room for openly gay people in an organization like the boy scouts.
That's why there's also the girl scouts which doesn't allow males to be troop leaders.
USA TODAY: Obama opposes boy scouts ban on gays/homosexuals, their official policy of "excluding gays as members and adult leaders"...... will it be problematic, or a good idea and why or why not?
stevegtexas@aol.com
2012/08/10 14:45:00
i think the same thing, if it hasnt already happened will be like the problems that the catholic church ran into and still has happening with Gay priests, leaders and young men........ guess we will find out if "this movement" has peoples childrens safety in their interest or is it just, "a political strategy?" Obamas whitehouse should maybe consider pursuing its position on other ideas such as missing children and teens across America and put that in the media. Respectfully.
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Schläue~© 2012/08/10 15:15:12
The Fascist Theocracy of Christendom is what they are after.
And at the same time it does say the took the company of prostitutes. As well as Mary Magnoline was a constant companion of the entire group. And of course his mother and sisters were along for the ride as well.
But who knows!
Doesn't he have more important things to attend to?
Contrary to what some have already posted, the Scout's ban on openly gay leaders is not about safety.
Most people know that child rapists are predominantly hetero.
The gay ban is due to religious organizations' belief that homosexuality is deviant and not a good example for children.
These religious organizations, be they Churches, Synagogues or Mosques are the ones who sponsor troops, giving them a place to meet and store supplies. Pissing them off is not in the best interests of Scouting overall.
However, excluding gays from scouting isn't a safety issue. Typical these offenders are married with children of their own. The single offenders presume to be "straight". The perpetrators on the kids isn't about orientation, it's a perverse need to satisfy abnormal attraction to children. Most preps are male, however there are adult female perps as well.
Poking his nose where it doesn't belong. In a perfect world, I would say, yes, allow Gays to join and lead but this is not a perfect world and this could be a perfect breeding grounds for ill behavior and predatory activity.
Why do you think that?
Are you sexually attracted to males? Will you start molesting little boys because of that? No.
So, what you're saying is that you shouldn't be left alone with little boys because you like men.
I guess that's just you, though. Right?
And, if something is misconstrued by a boy, gays would be blamed when they had done nothing wrong.
No gays in the boy scouts.
It's really nobody's business who does what when in bed, when it comes to being a boy scout leader.
Nor, should it ever be.
If you think it safe that parents can discriminate against gays with unfounded reasons, I can't agree to that.
Well, maybe you should try to understand where parents are coming from.....they don't know who they are really getting when someone is gay.
They have a right (and duty) to know who is influencing their children behing closed doors. And they must protect their children.
You know that they don't really know who they are getting when their prospects are straight, either. Those two nutjobs that went on a killing spree recently-- were either of them gay?
I believe the parents do have a right to know who is influencing their children and that right doesn't go into how people have sex. That shouldn't change the discussion on what people have a right to or not.
I wouldn't have my child taken away from a female camp leader because she wasn't gay anymore than I would remove them from a male leader because he was gay. The idea that I should is based in bigotry and ignorance.