Circling back around to what started this discussion, a young man wants to be with and enjoy the same activities as his peers. Be he homosexual or not. Parse it any way you want, but scouts are his societal peers.
And I'm thinking more along the lines of 15 or 16. After they have been in scouts for a while and have begun to examine their sexuality.
Plus, 8 and 9 year olds are cub scouts, not boy scouts. Some 10 year olds as well.
Cub Scouts ARE boy scouts as are Eagle Scouts, which is what you become if you stay in trough high school
And again I say no kid is being kicked out unless they are talking about being gay. There is no questioning, there is no form to fill out, there is no secret Boy Scout police wandering around.
In actuality, if a boy is following the BSA's teachings, they are ASEXUAL as in abstaining from any sex. So if they are out there having gay sex they are breaking the rules of the Scouts anyway.
This is about ADULTS though. Adults who want to teach Boy Scouts that being gay is normal. THE BSA absolutely have a right to say no you aren't teaching our members that, especially when virtually the entire membership agrees with them.
I know a couple gay men. and honestly I knew them for years before I realized t hey were gay. Why because they were respectful about it and kept it private. These folks pushing this are not respectful about anything, and frankly I'm laughing my ass off that they lost. Just the same as I hope the first time some flaming *** opens his yapper in the Marines that someone kicks his ass good.
Show some ******* respect for the wishes and beliefs of other people in the world.
I said it earlier and I'll reiterate, I would have NO problem with a gay boy scouts of America. It would sicken me but I would respect their rights, and I certainly wouldn't try to join to try to change their belief season.
Nope, **** these queers who want nothing more than to destroy a Christian organization. And yes, that's exactly what they are attempting to do.