It seems that the author (Raymo) of the first post of this thread is convinced that only Senior Scouts and young scouters (hence a narrow age grouping) find the Supreme Court decision upholding BSA's desire to discriminate against gays is wrong. I am 42 years old, was an Eagle Scout as a teen, and am now a Scoutmaster for my son's troop. I find it morally incomprehensible and just plain ignorant that BSA feels they have the right to discriminate against anybody that does not commit crimes or hurt fellow human beings. The BSA is just beginning to feel the negative (to the BSA) repurcussions for pursuing their position in this matter. There is another troop in my town who will likely lose their sponsorship (a church no less!) over this discriminatory issue. Think about it, if the gay person involved with this case was also a minority or of non-Christian faith, do you think BSA would have let this go to the Supreme Court?
Contrary to the popular belief of homophobes (like this author appears to be), gay men do not become involved with youth programs like the Scouts as a gay recruiting activity. BSA should focus more on keeping child molesters and the like out of our Scouting programs. The last time I checked, these people tend to be straight.
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It seems that the author (Raymo) of the first post of this thread is convinced that only Senior Scouts and young scouters (hence a narrow age grouping) find the Supreme Court decision upholding BSA's desire to discriminate against gays is wrong. I am 42 years old, was an Eagle Scout as a teen, and am now a Scoutmaster for my son's troop. I find it morally incomprehensible and just plain ignorant that BSA feels they have the right to discriminate against anybody that does not commit crimes or hurt fellow human beings. The BSA is just beginning to feel the negative (to the BSA) repurcussions for pursuing their position in this matter. There is another troop in my town who will likely lose their sponsorship (a church no less!) over this discriminatory issue. Think about it, if the gay person involved with this case was also a minority or of non-Christian faith, do you think BSA would have let this go to the Supreme Court?
Contrary to the popular belief of homophobes (like this author appears to be), gay men do not become involved with youth programs like the Scouts as a gay recruiting activity. BSA should focus more on keeping child molesters and the like out of our Scouting programs. The last time I checked, these people tend to be straight.