Troops quietly defy Scout policy on gays

Providence Journal ^ | July 20, 2003 | Jennifer Levitz

[I_Love_My_Husband]

There's a gay teen boy that's a Scout?? Why???

[xm177e2]

There's a gay teen boy that's a Scout?? Why???

Why would a straight teen boy be a Scout?

I only stayed in so long because the summer camp had rifle shooting.

[Militiaman7]

identify them (troops, individuals) kick them out.

End of story.

[scripter]

Thanks for the post. Thanks for the ping.

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[scripter]

But even if he had an honorable motive to begin with, it's just commons sense that temptation would eventually win out.

Unfortunately common sense isn't so common.

[Old Professer]

Out in the woods, it's the Scouts who prepare the freeze-dried food while the parents wait with tin plates.

Yeah, and Edison was a member of the Electrician's Local.

[Old Professer]

That's where the money is?

[chuckles]

>>>"Do you stay and fight or do you drop out?<<<.

Notify the authorities over the troop about the beliefs of the leaders. If you belong to a group, then you should follow the group's rules, otherwise don't be in the group. The funding could be cut off from the troop and the leaders removed. They can start their own group with their own money, but the money they are using now was for another purpose, such as raising upstanding citizens, not perverts!

[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM - read later

[narses]

Ping.

[bjcintennessee]

Question: If the gays think the boy scouts is so important, why don't they start their own troops?

Answer: Because their goal is to force acceptance of their lifestyle in every avenue of our lives.

While I don't have too much of a problem with a scout discovering that he is gay and remaining in scouts, I have a major problem with gay scout leaders who could use their position to influence confused adolescents.

Further, I would never allow an adolescent daughter to sleep in the same tent with any adult male for obvious reasons. I see no difference in allowing an adult gay man to sleep in the same tent with the same gender he is sexually attracted to.

[longtermmemmory]

Is Rhode Island becoming the San Fransico of New england? (looking at the source)

Why isn't the Boy Scounting central office dealing with these stealth disruptors?

(s) Why not start a "diversity scouts" where heterosexual parents can pair their young sons with a homosexual sponsor? This will allow the children of parents who are so adamant about homosexual "acceptance" to have camping sleepovers.(/s)

[David Isaac]

Who, in actuality, are the haters?

Once, I helped in a door-to-door petition drive (Traverse City, MI) to keep homosexuals from being included as a group deserving special protection, from being written into the city charter. Notice, it was not about denying rights to homosexuals, merely not granting them more rights than others.

There were at least two or three persons, whom after opening their door and hearing about the petition, reacted with such venom that I was concerned for their health. They actually exuded hatred and were more than willing to share that with me. They did not try to reason. They had been expecting us, having already, with their great open minds, discussed this issue with their "church" or other "concerned" group.

These ideologically blinded nincompoops, have the gall to call others haters.

[LadyDoc]

if a teen is "gay" it means he is sexually active with many men. If you are straight, you are not promiscuous.

Notice no one mentions this in the story?

[Wilhelm Tell]

I used to not believe that there was a sinister homo agenda. Then we saw the church scandals, the attack on the Boy Scouts, and the demand for gay "marriage."

Whatever you ask the gay activists, the answer seems to be the same: They will declare, "We demand the 'right' to be alone with your children!"

"Mr. Gay Activist, what are your thoughts on the AIDS crisis?"

"I demand to be alone with your children!"

"Uh, well, then, what do you think gays can do to improve their image so that..."

"I demand to be alone with your children!"

"Uh, what about the recent scandal involving those priests..."

"I demand to be alone with your children!"

It really is getting almost as blatant as that. I don't go to gay bars and tell the people there how to live, so why do gays have to attack everything that is heterosexual? Where's the "tolerance" in that? And if everything is so innocent, why the obsession with children?

[ninenot]

The policy we followed in SE Wisconsin was simple: don't ask, don't tell. In addition, a Scout leader was NEVER to be alone with any Scout unless they were CLEARLY observable by others.

The "in your face" stuff is simply anti-nomian.

[mabelkitty]

Perhaps we should all join an organization and destroy it from within. United Way, NOW, PETA, NAACP, NARAL. Anybody else want to help?

[ArGee]

They look on proudly as Cicilline says that "this troop's incredibly important stand to ensure that Scouting is available for all young men ... regardless of their sexual orientation" is "one small example of standing up to what's right and fair."

As far as I know, Scouting is open to all boys. It's the leadership that can't be gay.

Can anybody explain to me why gays are trying to change the Boy Scouts instead of forming the Rump Rangers where they can do the same things and be openly gay?

Because it has nothing to do with helping boys. It's all about advancing the gay agenda.

Shalom.