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Boy Scouts ban church that let gay man lead troop
Associated Press ^ | Apr 21, 2014 3:00 PM EDT | Phuong Le

Posted on 04/21/2014 12:26:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The Boy Scouts of America has revoked its charter agreement with a Seattle church that refused to remove a gay troop leader after the organization withdrew his membership.

A Boy Scouts attorney told Rainier Beach United Methodist Church last week that it no longer could host troops under the Boy Scouts name.

The church has stood by Geoff McGrath, 49, a Seattle software engineer and Eagle Scout, after his membership in the organization was revoked last month, setting off an impasse between the church and one of the country’s most popular youth organizations. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bsa; christianleft; gaychurch; gaynewsrooms; gaypride; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; lesbianpastor; manboylove; methodists; pinkjournalism; religiousleft; umc
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To: Olog-hai
Not all homosexuals are pedophiles, but a shocking percentage of pedophiles are homosexual.
21 posted on 04/21/2014 1:05:38 PM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun control?)
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To: MNDude

“Boy and Gay Man Camping Club” and let them seek their own members?”

They already have that, the man boy love association.


22 posted on 04/21/2014 1:07:02 PM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun control?)
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To: tanknetter
The elephant in the room about BSA is that it’s all really about liability.

Outstanding post. I never considered that. Unlike the Vatican that has the deep pockets to survive such cases, the BSA will collapse once the sexual predators create multi-million dollar judgments.

And the thing about predators is: they can't help themselves. It's going to happen. Dr. Patrick Carnes describes them as Level 3 sex addicts.

23 posted on 04/21/2014 1:45:23 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: Olog-hai; GeronL

The church has stood by him. OF COURSE they did. The lesbian pastor put him up to it. Such was the news about this case several WEEKS ago.

AssPress continues to lie by omission.


24 posted on 04/21/2014 1:52:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: DannyTN

I am thinking the opposite; that the gay agenda leadership is now aiming to get entry into scout leadership.


25 posted on 04/21/2014 2:01:05 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked (The more you know, the more you realize that you don't know.)
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To: rjsimmon

“I thought BSA was all for this?”

Just scout members for now I think.


26 posted on 04/21/2014 2:02:07 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Obama lied; our healthcare died.)
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To: logic101.net

NamblaCamp. Has a nice whang to it.


27 posted on 04/21/2014 2:13:00 PM PDT by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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To: Olog-hai

UMC can’t learn anything from the Catholic priest scandal?


28 posted on 04/21/2014 3:21:32 PM PDT by eccentric (a.k.a. baldwidow)
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To: Blood of Tyrants; Vinylly
6 The UMC is one of the most liberal, if not THE most liberal, churches in the country. They have no problem with homosexuals in positions of leadership in the church.

20 I don’t know about that. There’s St. Marks in Seattle which is Episcopalian, The Church of Christ {Pilgrims} and Lutheran. But of all things we have a First Baptist Church on Capital Hill that is very gay. The University Presbyterian Church is still straight and hosts a great scout troop.

On the issue of accepting homosexuality, the following Chrisian denominations are "all in" ...

1. United Church of Christ (UCC)
2. The Episcopal Church (TEC)
3. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
4. Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA)

5. The Baptist Church has many flavors. Among those that are more inclusive are ...

a. The Alliance of Baptists
b. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
c. American Baptist Churches USA
d. Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists

6. Disciples of Christ/ The Christian Church (DoC) - They are in communion with the UCC so they are headed towards going over the cliff.

7. Moravian Church - Hasn't gone all the way over the cliff, yet. They are in communion with TEC.

8. United Methodist Church (UMC) - Strong speculation that it will suffer schism over the next few years because of this issue.

29 posted on 04/21/2014 6:11:27 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: Olog-hai

Mitt Romney has supported homosexual scout leaders for 20 years, and punished the Boy Scouts in the Winter Olympics in 2002.


30 posted on 04/21/2014 7:50:18 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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