Boy Scouts of America should allow gay members, says Obama

The Hill ^ | 2/03/13 | Keith Laing

[Libloather]

President Obama called Sunday for the Boy Scouts of America to open its ranks to those who are gay.

Asked in a pre-Super Bowl interview if he thought the group should end its ban on gay scout leaders and members, Obama responded with a direct: “Yes.”

“My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does, in every institution and walk of life,” Obama said.

Obama’s comments come as Boy Scouts leaders say they will discuss whether to change their long-standing ban during an upcoming meeting.

Obama made equal rights for gays and lesbians a central part of his second inaugural address last month, becoming the first president ever to discuss gay rights in an inaugural speech.

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” Obama said during his remarks after taking the ceremonial oath of office.

During his first term, Obama also became the first sitting president to back same-sex marriage and formally ended the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

The Boy Scouts decision to revisit the ban has attracted criticism from one prominent GOP leader, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, himself an Eagle Scout.

Perry on Saturday spoke out against lifting the ban. “I think most people see absolutely no reason to change the position and neither do I,” he said, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.

[Libloather]

And this is why US presidents should be natural-born citizens.

[ogen hal]

Does this mean he wants to join?

[BigCinBigD]

He wants to join?

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[clintonh8r]

He also thinks there should be a merit badge for Treason.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yup, he’s just being an exemplary global citizen here, pursuing the latest enlightened thing.

/sardonic if you didn’t get my drift, of course it’s an abomination. but it’s so easy to get misunderstood here.

[Doogle]

[umgud]

“My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access [to little boys and girls] and opportunity the same way everybody else does, in every institution and walk of life,” Obama said.

[Bryan24]

Shut yer pie-hole, Mr. President. The last thing we need to do is give a bunch of homosexuals fresh recruits.

[Standing Wolf]

When I was a kid, I wouldn’t have wanted anything to do with a homosexual Boy Scout troop.

[Dartman]

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law ...

And what about your pedophile brothers and sisters and your brothers and sisters who practice beastiality? Oh, and what "journey" is this?

[Josa]

Ok Barry...I’ll go along with homo’s in the boy scouts when you demand and enforce parity. the NAACP must have conservatives whites in decision making positions. Christians must be the leader of CAIR. Short men must be allowed to be forwards in the NBA. etc. etc. etc.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Obama would love nothing more than to turn the BSA into the Brown-shirted Sturmabteilung for his much dreamed about National Civilian Security Force.

They already wear brown shirts with the only thing missing being the proper indoctrination and sodomization to help them become more militant while looking fabulous.

[a fool in paradise]

If Obama had a son, he’d be gay.

[RoosterRedux]

Perhaps the Boy Scouts should admit/permit gay kids who want to recover from this developmental illness of gayness.

We all knew kids who were trending toward gayness. IMHO, joining the USMC would have cured most of them of the overbearing influence of strong mothers (and under-whelming influence of weak fathers).

[OKSooner]

Oh, that would be the journey to hell that he’s leading us on.

[ThunderSleeps]

Private organization, right? Then they should do as they please. Celebrate diversity (of thought) - acknowledge and support their freedom to choose.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Romans 1:19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Romans 1:21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies might be dishonored among them.
Romans 1:25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
Romans 1:27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
Romans 1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
Romans 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
Romans 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
Romans 1:31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
Romans 1:32 and, although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

The homosexual leftists driving this entire agenda are making God really angry about now. As a result, we are ALL in big trouble.

[TheBattman]

Wow - who would have thought that The President had a lifelong desire to become a boy scout... Guess if they change their policy, he can become one finally...

[Repeat Offender]

That's so gay.

Anyhow, he's lining himself up for a job as Scout Master for the Bugger Scouts. HIV isn't a merit badge for "bravery" you pillow biting poofter.