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The Boy Scouts of America has a policy banning homosexuals that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000. Since it's a membership organization, the Court ruled the scouts have the right to exclude gay youths and troop leaders.
It's right in your article.
The Boy Scouts of America has a policy banning homosexuals that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000. Since it's a membership organization, the Court ruled the scouts have the right to exclude gay youths and troop leaders.
So they go by looks?It's right in your article.
The Boy Scouts of America has a policy banning homosexuals that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000. Since it's a membership organization, the Court ruled the scouts have the right to exclude gay youths and troop leaders.
really? i must need new glasses because i don't see the part where the article says they're asking children about their sexual orientation.
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So they go by looks?It's right in your article.
really? i must need new glasses because i don't see the part where the article says they're asking children about their sexual orientation.
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"psst...Sparky? Little Johnny looks, well, GAY! Tear up his membership."
Boy Scouts of America membership controversies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe BSA stated in a 2000 press release that, "Boy Scouting makes no effort to discover the sexual orientation of any person."[19] BSA application forms for youth membership and adult leadership positions do not inquire about the applicants' sexual orientation and do not mention the BSA's policies regarding homosexual
There is no bitterness in my heart against these people. They are still an organization that gave me the core values as to who I am.
Greg Lattera, the 25-year-old former Boy Scouts of America counselor, testifying in the Philadelphia lawsuit over the group's $1-a-year city-subsidized lease. Lattera was 10 when he joined the Scouts, and 18 when they dismissed him. At the time, his Life Scout ranking was just one level below the highest, Eagle Scout.
Read more: Gay Ex-Boy Scout Still Thinks Fondly Of the Organization That Exiled Him / Queerty
Good news for the Boy Scouts. The reason the land has value is partially due to the fact that they have improved it - an investment they made in good faith based upon the $1 land lease rate. The fact that they are the target of PC attacks doesn't invalidate their rights to have their agreement honored.
Another victory for Rule of Law.
Good news for the Boy Scouts. The reason the land has value is partially due to the fact that they have improved it - an investment they made in good faith based upon the $1 land lease rate. The fact that they are the target of PC attacks doesn't invalidate their rights to have their agreement honored.
Another victory for Rule of Law.
"PC attacks"? Give me a BREAK. OK - let's get to it.
Do you deny that the Boy Scouts exclude gays from their membership? Do you think it is "politically correct" for people to have the outrageous notion that this is, oh, I don't know, kind of BIGOTTED?
I suppose the Scouts can exclude gays. They are a private organization and I guess they aren't engaged in interstate commerce - although I could make an argument that they are. But just because they can do it, does not mean they can avoid the consequences of doing it.
And the major consequence of excluding gays is that right-thinking people will think (for very good reason) that the Boy Scouts of America appear to be run by a bunch of BIGOTS.
"Politically correct" my ass.
Good news for the Boy Scouts. The reason the land has value is partially due to the fact that they have improved it - an investment they made in good faith based upon the $1 land lease rate. The fact that they are the target of PC attacks doesn't invalidate their rights to have their agreement honored.
Another victory for Rule of Law.
"PC attacks"? Give me a BREAK. OK - let's get to it.
Do you deny that the Boy Scouts exclude gays from their membership? Do you think it is "politically correct" for people to have the outrageous notion that this is, oh, I don't know, kind of BIGOTTED?
I suppose the Scouts can exclude gays. They are a private organization and I guess they aren't engaged in interstate commerce - although I could make an argument that they are. But just because they can do it, does not mean they can avoid the consequences of doing it.
And the major consequence of excluding gays is that right-thinking people will think (for very good reason) that the Boy Scouts of America appear to be run by a bunch of BIGOTS.
"Politically correct" my ass.
Good news for the Boy Scouts. The reason the land has value is partially due to the fact that they have improved it - an investment they made in good faith based upon the $1 land lease rate. The fact that they are the target of PC attacks doesn't invalidate their rights to have their agreement honored.
Another victory for Rule of Law.
"PC attacks"? Give me a BREAK. OK - let's get to it.
Do you deny that the Boy Scouts exclude gays from their membership? Do you think it is "politically correct" for people to have the outrageous notion that this is, oh, I don't know, kind of BIGOTTED?
I suppose the Scouts can exclude gays. They are a private organization and I guess they aren't engaged in interstate commerce - although I could make an argument that they are. But just because they can do it, does not mean they can avoid the consequences of doing it.
And the major consequence of excluding gays is that right-thinking people will think (for very good reason) that the Boy Scouts of America appear to be run by a bunch of BIGOTS.
"Politically correct" my ass.
Freedom of Association, Bub.
How many caucasians are allowed to be members of MECHA or the Black Student Movement on publicly funded school campuses?
Nobody is forcing boys to join the Boy Scouts. They have just as much right to exist as any other organization.
Good news for the Boy Scouts. The reason the land has value is partially due to the fact that they have improved it - an investment they made in good faith based upon the $1 land lease rate. The fact that they are the target of PC attacks doesn't invalidate their rights to have their agreement honored.
Another victory for Rule of Law.
"PC attacks"? Give me a BREAK. OK - let's get to it.
Do you deny that the Boy Scouts exclude gays from their membership? Do you think it is "politically correct" for people to have the outrageous notion that this is, oh, I don't know, kind of BIGOTTED?
I suppose the Scouts can exclude gays. They are a private organization and I guess they aren't engaged in interstate commerce - although I could make an argument that they are. But just because they can do it, does not mean they can avoid the consequences of doing it.
And the major consequence of excluding gays is that right-thinking people will think (for very good reason) that the Boy Scouts of America appear to be run by a bunch of BIGOTS.
"Politically correct" my ass.
i disagree with bsa's decision to exclude gays, but i support bsa's mission. in reality, the only time that a person's sexual orientation becomes a part of the conversation is when that specific person chooses to make it an issue.
that's certainly their right, but to imply that bsa actively seeks out and excludes gays is simply not true in my experience.
Please read my post. I am well aware of freedom of association, and I am well aware that the Scouts can exclude gays.
That wasn't my point, now was it? My point concerns CONSEQUENCES of doing what the BSA is doing.
How do you feel about the Scouts excluding gays? That OK with you?
It doesn't matter if it is okay with me.
Yes...what is up with that? Why the hell are they even asking?I'm not sure I agree, chanel. It's a bit disturbing to me that the Boy Scouts discriminates against gay youth as well as adults. I'm not at all sympathetic to the homophobic rejection of would-be gay scout troop leaders, but I can live with it. I wasn't aware, however, that the organization was asking children about their sexual orientation and rejecting those it deems "gay".
That seems terribly cruel to me.
they aren't. they never have. sorry to disappoint.
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It doesn't matter if it is okay with me.
Afraid to admit you are a bigot? I understand.
Link please? No one asks ten year olds about butt sex.
Its about the leaders. Period.
chanel, in the article you linked, it is reported that the Boy Scouts have a policy against "admitting gay youth". Care to explain?
It doesn't matter if it is okay with me.
Afraid to admit you are a bigot? I understand.
As I am not a bigot, there is nothing to admit.
Afraid to admit that you don't respect the individual liberty of others?