And another American institution destroyed

[hatidua]

BSA policy, either for/against homosexuality isn't going to increase/decrease the number of gay scouts any more than new gun legislation put forth by Feinstein/Obama is going to affect criminals getting guns. You can have all the rules/regulations/laws you want but they will never equate compliance.

[XC700116]

This about kids. That's why it isn't called the Man Scouts of America.

As to your second point, you may want to point that out to the stool pusher mafia.

The first point was directed at you and your assertion of "nature's criminals" and the fact that IMO you're no better than the gun grabbers.

The second point is pretty clear in that I don't buy the BS about forcing organizations to accept those they don't want. And the Courts have agreed on this as well with regards to the BSA multiple times in the past. The fact that they have decided on a national level to now allow gays, but are leaving it up to individual local troops to decide for themselves how they wish to go on with the issue and their own membership, tells me they just want the fight to be over with on a national level.

[Rucker61]

I can't imagine this is going to work out well for the BSA.

I suspect that they are about to lose a ton of funding, members and places to meet.

According to Wikipedia, the LDS church sponsors about 30,000 Scout units, about 13% of Scouts by population. I would assume they'd pull their sponsorship.

[XC700116]

All I'm addressing is a 100 year old organization dropping one of their traditional rules.

Ahh, got it.

[StagLefty]

According to Wikipedia, the LDS church sponsors about 30,000 Scout units, about 13% of Scouts by population. I would assume they'd pull their sponsorship.

I didn't even consider that !!! The Mormon church uses the Scout program as their youth program.

[XC700116]

According to Wikipedia, the LDS church sponsors about 30,000 Scout units, about 13% of Scouts by population. I would assume they'd pull their sponsorship.

Hopefully they'd just knock it down to local level and support those local troops that choose to keep their troop in line with what the church feels is right. But who knows.

[clublights]

Oh Jesus .....

They are letting it be decided at troop level ... if you and yours don't want to have gay scouts or leaders then change troops or start your own.

I'm an Eagle and see nothing wrong here.
You anti gay folks seem to be worried about the super flamer dancing in their underwear on the float at the gay pride parade.

Guess what THOSE gays WON'T JOIN SCOUTS. They don't go camping, they are not "outdoorsy" they would want nothing to do with Scouts or kids.

Gay pedophiles are not going to advertise the fact they are gay pedophiles if the scouts let gays in or not . cuz guess what .. BEING A PEDOPHIlLE IS ILLEGAL.

Gay pedophiles already manage to get in to scouting and have caused problems. Let's gays in or not will not change this problem. Hell might even help prevent it . The Gay pedophile Might let it slip he is a pedophile to the other Gay leaders and then they can kick him out. Just because your gay doesn't mean you wouldn't wanna protect your/others child from a predator .


But equating gay with pedophile is like saying gun owner = murderer.

[Rucker61]

Hopefully they'd just knock it down to local level and support those local troops that choose to keep their troop in line with what the church feels is right. But who knows.

I would suspect that troops sponsored by the LDS are likely to be led and managed by church members, so locally there might not be much change. The annual national/regional gatherings might get interesting, though.

[MarkCO]

Guess what THOSE gays WON'T JOIN SCOUTS. They don't go camping, they are not "outdoorsy" they would want nothing to do with Scouts or kids.

So you use a stereotypical response to refute stereotypes...The friends I have had that were homosexual did not fit your stereotype, and one was in the Scouts as a youth and made Eagle Scout.

[Melvin]

The first point was directed at you and your assertion of "nature's criminals" and the fact that IMO you're no better than the gun grabbers.

The second point is pretty clear in that I don't buy the BS about forcing organizations to accept those they don't want. And the Courts have agreed on this as well with regards to the BSA multiple times in the past. The fact that they have decided on a national level to now allow gays, but are leaving it up to individual local troops to decide for themselves how they wish to go on with the issue and their own membership, tells me they just want the fight to be over with on a national level.

If you violate the law you are a criminal. Violating the nature hardly equates to a right. If some dude was schtupping goat, a cactus or corpse, an apple pie you still going to stand there and say he is normal? No you're not because you haven't been brainwashed to think that was normal.

Good thing their mindset(BSA management) didn't hold sway back in the 40s or we would all be speaking germanese. Just another example of spineless Americans more concerned with being liked than standing on principle.