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Ban On Gays

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Boy Scouts Affirm Ban on Gays: Do You Agree?

After a two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America have reaffirmed the organization's ban on gays. What do you think of this action?

On Tuesday, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed their ban of gays from the organization. The longtime ban, which was reaffirmed after a two-year review, bans gay boys from being Boy Scouts and gay adults from serving as troop leaders. According to The New York Times, the decision came after years of debate. In 2000, the Supreme Court upheld 5-4 the right of the Boy Scouts to expel a gay assistant scoutmaster, saying that as a private organization, it had the right to decide what values it wanted to inculcate. A statement released Tuesday by the Boy Scouts of America reads as follows: After careful consideration of a resolution asking the Boy Scouts of America to reconsider its longstanding membership standards policy, today the …

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Jonathan Schultz

8:43 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Well Maggie, that video was posted to inform the readers of NAMBLA... An organization heavily backing this homosexual movement and heavily involved in the discussion of gays in the Boy Scouts of America. If you can't look at the truth because it's just that disgusting, fine, but don't try and sugar coat this debate!! You know what grown men do to little boys?! EXACTLY!!! This stuff is EVIL!   more ›

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