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[Obama, Romney agree: Gay Boy Scouts OK]

Neither Obummer's nor Romney's attitude would be welcome in our son's Boy Scout troop. Not by the boys or by the adult leaders.

Our son is going to become an Eagle Scout in just a couple of months. I sure am glad that the current policy against homosexuals has been reaffirmed. After all that hard work I would hate to see our son have to resign his membership just after becoming an Eagle Scout. He would resign because being a Christian and standing up for our beliefs is more important than being an Eagle Scout.

sherrimae, Rapture Ready 46 Comments [8/16/2012 3:32:06 AM]
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#1435405

cdcdrr

You mean you're going to make him resign.

8/16/2012 3:53:10 AM

#1435406

Filin De Blanc

Why, if we're all sinners, is it necessary to disassociate only with gay people? You can bet they wouldn't be doing this if the scoutmaster was divorced, which is also a sin.

8/16/2012 3:56:30 AM

#1435408

Table Rock

So why haven't you resigned because of Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, UU, or Mormon scouts in the BSA?

8/16/2012 4:09:02 AM

#1435422

Percy Q. Shunn

If I were you, I'd be far more concerned about the pedophiles at my church.

8/16/2012 4:36:06 AM

#1435426

Leighton Buzzard

Well, he could always join the Hitler-Jugend. They didn't take gays, either.

(I know, I know, but I always think the Scouts and their ilk are just a little bit fascist, anyway).

8/16/2012 4:46:01 AM

#1435427

Doubting Thomas

Or, you know, he could just remain in despite them allowing everyone. Nobody has to quit anything because gay people are allowed to do it.

8/16/2012 4:46:28 AM

#1435440

@ Doubting Thomas

But if he doesn't spite his son for teh gays, then he can't play the victim card to prove he's being persecuted.

8/16/2012 5:07:17 AM

#1435479

dionysus

You sound just like those racist fucks who will leave a pool just because a black family went in. Furthermore, yes, I know you think homosexuality is a sin but guess who hung out with sinners?

You fundies should really get acquainted with him. I hear he has some good things to say.

8/16/2012 6:12:25 AM

#1435481

RW2

Good luck to your son on him earning his "Bigotry Badge". Seems he's well on his way with your guidance. Besides, I like to be able to publicly identify bigots.

8/16/2012 6:14:21 AM

#1435487

Man Called True

@Filin: Oh, don't worry. The BSA also discriminates against atheists. The twelfth part of the Boy Scout Law is "Reverent" and explicitly demands that a Scout worship God.

Penn and Teller, as part of a Bullshit! episode on the Boy Scouts of America, contacted multiple Scout troops and asked if they would accept an atheist scout. Only a tiny handful would; the vast majority informed them that a Scout MUST be part of a church in order to be accepted.

8/16/2012 6:38:32 AM

#1435507

breakerslion

"Our son is going to become an Eagle Scout in just a couple of months."

That, and $1.75 will buy him a cup of coffee.

Now that he has been thoroughly groomed to curry approval, he should make a good cog in someone's corporate machine. Just don't expect him to think outside the box. Or maybe he'll be some nice gung-ho cannon fodder in the military. If he survives, he can ego-trip for the rest of his life at the VFW, just as soon as he forgets how close he came to pissing himself. Oh wait, there's GAYS risking their lives in the military, so Poopsie will have to abstain.

8/16/2012 8:07:15 AM

#1435508

freako104

Would he HAVE to resign? Why nor let him decide? And what if BSA has non Christians in it?

8/16/2012 8:08:51 AM

#1435510

JSS

Oh, being a Christian requires that you don't indulge in perks so long as they're shared with homosexuals?

Tell me again why you haven't left this life giving planet with it's life giving oxygen because it's shared with homosexuals...

8/16/2012 8:10:16 AM

#1435513

Stonespiral

So you would take away something your son probably enjoys because it gets him out of the house on occasion, all because you're a bigot.

Makes sense. People like you enjoy hurting others for your own petty and self righteous desires.

8/16/2012 8:15:01 AM

#1435527

John

He would resign because being a Christian and standing up for ~~our beliefs~~ that one belief while ignoring a bunch of others is more important than being an Eagle Scout.

There. Fixed.

8/16/2012 8:40:45 AM

#1435531

JohnTheAtheist

My guess is that there ALOT of gays in scouting, no offense, just sayin'...

8/16/2012 8:43:27 AM

#1435550

ShadowNet

Cause that whole "love thy neighbor" thing doesn't hold up to the "hate homosexuals and everyone else not like me" thing.

8/16/2012 9:14:36 AM

#1435555

Raised by Horses

Well, Romney flip-flops more than a fish out of water, so you've nothing to worry about there.

8/16/2012 9:18:50 AM

#1435564

HazelHolly

THIS IS WHY I HATE AMERICAN SCOUTING. I mean, GOOD GOD.

In Britain, the Scouts are still fairly religion-based. There's a prayer after meetings and the like. Here's the thing: joining in with the prayer is not mandatory, and neither is attending Church Parade. The vast majority of Scouts from my troop were non-religious. There are special uniforms that incorporate hijabs for the quickly-growing number of Muslim Scouts. Girls and boys can go into either Scouts or Guides. I'm bisexual, one of my fellow Scouts turned out to be gay, and nobody really cared about it. Our leader was a woman, and she's quite possibly the most awesome person I've ever met.

British Scouting/Guiding is far more inclusive then the American versions by a long way. DYB DYB DYB DOB DOB DOB!

8/16/2012 9:54:21 AM

#1435567

Dark_Lord_Prime

"He would resign because being a Christian and standing up for our beliefs is more important than being an Eagle Scout."

Everything is more important than being an Eagle Scout.

8/16/2012 10:05:19 AM

#1435570

Anon

A good friend of mine is gay, an atheist, and a former Eagle Scout. He couldn't come out, in both senses, for a long time without losing all of the friends he'd made through scouting.

That is evil.

8/16/2012 10:19:48 AM

#1435573

pete

I was a Boy Scout for a few minutes. That's how long it took the leader to inform me that I would have to memorize and recite prayers to become a full member. Hunting, fishing, and camping with Dad and friends pretty much taught me the same things anyway.

8/16/2012 10:30:23 AM

#1435582

Fundies Make Me Sick

Being a scout has nothing to do with one's sexual orientation. That's all I'll say.

8/16/2012 11:18:53 AM

#1435590

The Crimson Ghost

Poor Boy Scouts...they are floundering. I'm not even gay but I have buckets of respect for the former Eagle scouts who sent their badges & certificates back in. With all the ceremony that goes with it returning them takes balls. Glad I was a Girl Scout.

8/16/2012 11:46:48 AM

#1435597

Old Viking

Standing up for our beliefs = frothing-at-the-mouth, irrational hatred.

8/16/2012 12:08:51 PM

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