Posted on 05/21/2015 10:42:22 AM PDT by reaganaut1
The president of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday called for an end to the groups blanket ban on gay adult leaders, warning Scout executives that we must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be, and that any other alternative will be the end of us as a national movement.
At the same time, religious organizations that sponsor a majority of local Scout troops, including the Mormons and Roman Catholics, should remain free to set their own policies for leaders, said the president, Robert M. Gates, the former director of the C.I.A. and the former secretary of defense.
Mr. Gates called for the changes at an annual national meeting of the group, in Atlanta. He said that he was not yet making a formal proposal but that the Scouts governing body should take up the issue formally at a future meeting.
The treatment of gay men and boys has been a source of wrenching debate over the last decade. Conservative religious groups that sponsor many Scout troops, including the Mormon Church and the Roman Catholic Church, have opposed the participation of openly gay members while local leaders in more liberal areas have called for an end to the ban.
In 2013, Boy Scout leaders from across the country voted, with more than 60 percent approval, to say that no youth may be denied membership on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone. But it left intact the policy that no openly gay adults could serve in the organization.
Since then, a Scout group in New York has defied that policy by employing an openly gay leader, and several other groups around the country have expressed opposition to the ban.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
As a Trail Life USA troopmaster and former Scoutmaster, I wholeheartedly support the mission of Trail Life USA. Check it out for your sons. If there’s no troop near you, fix that problem and start one.
Boy Scouts President Calls for End to Ban on Pedophilia.
You’re right.
I was once a Scout. Great memories. But I’d not let any son of mine near the BSA these days.
He promised he wasn’t going to pursue this. But, that’s what you get when you hire a spy.
So the new, “gay-friendly” Scouting program will need to make wholesale changes to the Boy Scout Oath, which in its present form exemplifies patriotism, faith in God and moral straightness.
Very sad, but we all knew the darkside set out generations ago to make inroads against our children, and they’re now having monumental success. I can see the mission of the Boy and Girl Scouts slowly morphing into an extension of the progressive movement.. one in which their mission and practices will become more aligned with the communist “Young Pioneers.” Fealty to socialism will trump any loyalty to families, the nation or to God. Membership will no longer be optional... it will be mandatory.
Here’s a lesson for every body. YOU DO NOT “COMPROMISE WITH EVIL, IN ANY FORM”. Oh the BSA can make any “RULE” they want, but what happens when no body wants to follow those “RULES”.
Ephebophilia.
Soon to be coming to your neighborhood.
Okay, let’s hear it from the BSA-defenders-at-all-cost FReepers. They told us this would never happen. Some said they would abandon it if it happened. Well, time to pay up.
I have two sons several years apart. The first went through cub scouts and about half way through boy scouts before he decided he was over it. My youngest is cub scout age and I would not think of allowing him to join the organization now.
If? It's a done deal. All the hand wringing and "discussion" is just theater.
The sodomites don't mention a possible policy change unless they already have their operatives installed to pull the strings.
Yeah, let’s drop a hungry bull snake into a chick incubator. Makes all the sense in the world ....
Thats the practical threat to BSA here.
What happens when a Leader molests a Scout on a camping trip? Statistically it will happen, and only needs to happen once.
BSA will be sued into oblivion. Very publicly sued into oblivion. It’s going to be hard to argue before a jury that enough safeguards were in place to prevent such an occurance.
It’s at that point where, thanks to negative publicity, membership and sponsorship will implode. AND their insurance rates will skyrocket. Assuming they can find insurors willing to provide coverage.
I took part in that 2013 survey.
We were also asked how we felt about gay leaders. The response was entirely negative.
Notice that the NYT did not mention that question, nor its response in the article. Biased reporting is bias.
Bump
I have a son who’s about to turn five. (Really!)
Should I put him in the Scouts? /s
“Girl Scouts dont allow men to go on camping trips with the girls.”
Theyre about to.
Girl Scouts welcomes transgender girls
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/living/girl-scouts-welcomes-transgender-girls-feat/
How?
Three words:
Will.
And.
Grace.
After Gates left as President of the very conservative Texas A&M University, the Texas institution slid down the sodomy slope pretty quickly, developing "gay" student groups, anal-sex seminars, and even had a separate graduation ceremony for sexual deviants.
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