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Boy Scouts of America votes to end ban on gay adults
bbc.com ^ | 7.13.2015 | bbc

Posted on 07/13/2015 2:07:02 PM PDT by Morgana

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has unanimously approved a resolution to end the organisation's ban on gay adults working as leaders.

The group's National Executive Board will meet to ratify the resolution on 27 July, the Boy Scouts said in a statement.

It is a major step towards ending a policy that has caused deep rifts in the group, which was set up in 1910.

The BSA voted to end a ban on allowing open gay boys to become scouts in 2013.

Earlier this year, former US defence secretary Robert Gates, who is BSA president, told the group's national meeting that the ban on gay adults needed to end, saying it was no longer sustainable.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; cultureofcorruption; fdrq; gaykkk; gayscouts; homofascism; homosexualagenda; libertarians; manboylove; medicalmarijuana
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To: Morgana

I encouraged youngsters to get into scouting for my whole life but now it will be to get into a safer better alternate to BSA


41 posted on 07/13/2015 2:41:37 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (For in much wisdom is much vexation; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.)
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To: Morgana

 

Compass, Broken; 1 each.



Once upon a time this was a useful instrument for pointing the direction a boy should go. 

Today, not so much - as the needle has fallen off and rendered the tool into a directionally errant piece of plastic memorabilia. 



42 posted on 07/13/2015 2:42:49 PM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: Morgana
"... told the group's national meeting that the ban on gay adults needed to end, saying it was no longer sustainable" What a BS statement, guess BSA is now stands for BS Anonymous
43 posted on 07/13/2015 2:44:28 PM PDT by stratboy
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To: Vaquero

The Knights of Columbus have one called the squires.


44 posted on 07/13/2015 2:46:44 PM PDT by verga (I might as well be playng chess with pigeons.)
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To: Morgana

We live in the golden age of the pervert and the sick.


45 posted on 07/13/2015 2:47:31 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Morgana

Fag lover Robert Gates got exactly what he wanted.


46 posted on 07/13/2015 2:47:54 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: newfreep

Still astounded at how 3% of the population can continue to roll the rest of us in this manner.


47 posted on 07/13/2015 2:49:06 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Vigilanteman

The churches may be able to hold out, for a while...but there are many units not affiliated with churches who will face the wrath of the pink fascists...

I’m in my waning months with the BSA...if it hadn’t been for a couple of boys that “grew up” in my Troop working to finish Eagle and a friend asking me to stay on, I would have been out last year.

Our Troop will probably have no choice but we will have to discuss with our Charter Org to see what options we have since we’re not with a church.


48 posted on 07/13/2015 2:50:09 PM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Political correctness, tv shows, movies, etc. that promulgated how “innocent” homosexuality is.

Took them a couple of decades, but like the Chinese, they were persistent...

The homo fascists have many allies...especially women.


49 posted on 07/13/2015 2:53:27 PM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: Morgana

NAMBLA is thrilled at this new pathway to pubescent boys.


50 posted on 07/13/2015 2:53:35 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberalism is the poison ivy that infests the garden of society.ct)
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To: Ace's Dad
That's an excellent suggestion. I soloed in a Schweizer 2-33 when I was 15 (at the former Black Forest Gliderport near Colorado Springs). Got my Private Pilot - Sailplane rating at 16 (before I even had my driver's license). Went on to fly the 2-32, 1-26, and Grob G-103 Twin II.

I haven't flown in years, but that experience instilled a sense of responsibility and good judgment in me at that early age, and it has paid lifelong dividends. Sadly, I look at many of the utterly clueless teens today and can't imagine them being responsible enough to act as Pilot in Command of anything. For those who have been raised correctly, however, soaring youth camps are still a great idea.

P.S. - I keep thinking about getting back into the sport. There are some nice LS-4s out there that can be had for a reasonable price.

51 posted on 07/13/2015 2:55:06 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Most likely 1-2% of the population.


52 posted on 07/13/2015 2:58:23 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Morgana

They will have to take “morally straight” out of the oath.


53 posted on 07/13/2015 3:01:27 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: Pollster1

“BSA is too valuable to give up just because of a temporary gain by these evil perverts.”

Problem is.. none of these gains are “temporary.”


54 posted on 07/13/2015 3:01:45 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberalism is the poison ivy that infests the garden of society.ct)
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To: Morgana

The end of the BSA. Try Trail Life.


55 posted on 07/13/2015 3:04:16 PM PDT by John Leland 1789
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To: Morgana

BSA is so dead.


56 posted on 07/13/2015 3:04:24 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Vaquero

It’s over . . .time to form a splinter group.


It’s over . . .time to expect the rash of earthquakes, etc.


57 posted on 07/13/2015 3:04:38 PM PDT by Maudeen
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To: cyclotic
we’ve got a great one. It’s called Trail Life USA

And you haven't been sued by the queer lobby yet?

58 posted on 07/13/2015 3:08:09 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: faithhopecharity

With the cell phones, microwaves, video games, gmo foods, a perverted media, and a dysfunctional education system. . .there may not be any boys left to join anything.


59 posted on 07/13/2015 3:10:33 PM PDT by Maudeen
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To: Morgana

As the mother of a proud Eagle Scout (2009) I sadly hope and pray that BSA will disband under the weight of their liability and perversion. This is sickening.


60 posted on 07/13/2015 3:11:00 PM PDT by cblue55 ("Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants,")
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