appropriate leaders
Steve Souza (76703.633@COMPUSERVE.COM)
Thu, 18 Nov 1993 05:28:35 EST
quoting From: Rick Busdiecker rfb@CMU.EDU
> Scouting emphasizes the importance of families and encourages family
> member participation if and only if the people involved are either
> heterosexual or asexual. This bias with it's inherent suggestion that
> lesbians, gay men and bisexuals are `damaged goods' because of their
> sexuality is ridiculous.
Actually, it's quite sound judgement as it applies to Scouting leadership.
The BSA ideals and principles are designed to provide sound / solid family
values to allow young men to mature in American society with the best
possible advantage befoer they head out into the world on their own.
Though it is true that those who choose "alternate lifestyles" are not going
to negatively influence mature youth or adults in a negative way, they
likely could have a detrimental effect on younger Scouts while they are
formulating their ideas of what constitutes right/wrong behaviour in todays
society.
Like it or not, the alternate lifestyles espoused by some today is NOT right
behaviour in todays society. Scouting has a longstanding tradition of
instilling 'traditional' (conservative) values in maturing youth. Once those
youth are older and have adult judgement available to them, they can make
their own decisions. BSA is designed to prepare them to be able to make
adult decisions.
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