There was a man that called into our local talk radio station today, 68 years old, who wept on the radio recounting how his life was ruined by a man who molested him for several years as a child. He had tried to commit suicide three times, and only recently came to accept Christ as his savior, else he may have attempted suicide again.
All I can think about through this Penn State saga is how the LGBT “community” and Democrat politicians throughout the USA are pressuring the Boy Scouts of America into ditching their policy against accepting openly homosexual scoutmasters. As an Eagle myself, the welfare of the BSA is always a concern of mine.
If these homosexuals are allowed access to our children....well, it’s unthinkable.
Meanwhile the BSA is losing access to public facilities because various governments disapprove of their “discriminatory” policy. I’m thinking of San Francisco, for example, but there are other cities.
Next they will go after their federal tax-exempt status, on the basis they don’t conform to progressive promotion of the “gay” lifestyle. Think Kevin Jennings, the “safe schools” czar.
And the same with most churches, since they will be seen as “discriminatory” and not worthy of tax-exempt status under new laws.
Ditto your comments on the BSA. I was a Cub and Boy Scout and I’m sure glad that people like Sandusky weren’t allowed to be Scout Masters.
The glaring inconsistency in my mind is that while this is being exposed and simultaneously whitewashed, Herman Cain is being pilloried in the media for the mere suspicion that he might have wanted to have normal sex with a woman.
Paterno and his masters at PSU have covered up felonious rape for over ten years, allowing it to continue. But Joe gets an “Attaboy!” rally.
We're BSA volunteers, and our older son is an Eagle Scout AND a student at Penn State main campus. This hits close to home on many levels. When I think about that boy who was being assaulted in the locker room, he would now be just about the age of our son.
I am absolutely livid with the miserable administration of Penn State. Not only have they allowed countless innocent children to suffer, but they have now placed our child and his peers in the middle of a messy scandal which will affect their college years. He told us yesterday that the campus is swarming with media and the kids are very upset about JoePa possibly stepping down. Going to football games with their pals is a big part of their college life, and now it's forever changed. Writing the next tuition check in December is going be be very very painful.
I'm grateful that our son wasn't personally harmed, but when I think of all the digs we've endured against the BSA by sanctimonious, politically correct jerks, I just seethe. The BSA has very strict policies in place explicitly to prevent such situations from recurring, and trains its volunteers in how to report any suspected abuse. The hypocrites in the media have utterly failed us in their function to report objectively on this problem.