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I must say that if any Scouters are identifying themselves as gay before the age of, say, 16, they really need the Scouts to help set them straight anyway and should be encouraged to join.

You must not have been a Boy Scout, because had you been, you’d know from experience how preposterous that suggestion is.

The Scouts are no more set up to treat homosexuality than they are set up to handle juvenile delinquents. Those problems are completely outside of their intended purpose.

Let me tell you, having a declared homosexual join the Scouts would be very disruptive influence. A homosexual boy would be subjected to some rough treatment by the other kids and have no one to share a tent with, etc. The shower room would clear out when he'd show up, or worse yet, he'd get some rough treatment if he tried to enter. You may say it’s not fair, but it is realty.

As far as I'm concerned, homosexuality is a serious mental disorder. It's not up to the Scouts to accommodate it. If he's on a structured road to recovery and no longer identifies as a homosexual, that's another story and perhaps certain accommodations could be made. But, that should be left up to the troop, not someone forcing an agenda on them.

As far as I'm concerned, homosexuality is a serious mental disorder.

I appreciate your comments. I have been a Scout Master and my son is an Eagle Scout.

I was intending to say that the child should not have a real notion of his sexuality so young. We are sexualizing children much too young in our country. When my son was going through the program, they were not talking about getting laid, they were talking about lighting f@rts.

As for the Scouts treating problems, I know of more than one potential J.D. who was set on the straight path just because of the example the boys and men of character in our Troop set for them. We didn't psychoanlyze them, we just gave them a proper standard to live up to. The same would happen with sexually confused young boys. Put them in an environment where there are true men around and they will learn from the example.

I'm with you 100% on the mental disorder part. But from my research, one important thing that homosexual boys and men need to help them come out of the lifestyle is other boys or men who accept them without being involved sexually. Shalom.