BSA not Allowing Homosexuals in

I haven't taken part in the bulletin boards for a while. This seems like a good place to dive in head-first!

Boy Scouts of America is a privately run group that teaches boys and young men many skills they may use in adulthood and helps them be well-rounded in numerous aspects of life. Their policy was never to ban a potential member for being homosexual. They never had an issue with that at all. The issue was open homosexuality. As I have said in many discussions in the past, flaunting sexually, whether homosexual or heterosexual, has no place in many areas. BSA is not a sex education group, so sexuality of all kinds was "closeted".

BSA is based on Christian principles, but members are not required to be Christians. They draw from biblical text for their moral beliefs and conduct prayers at meetings and hold Sunday morning religious services at camps. In the New Covenant of Jesus, it is taught that open homosexuality is wrong but that being a homosexual is not. (Look at Jesus' sermon on divorce and eunuchs in Matthew.) The Bible teaches of love and respect for everyone. Since this is the moral source for BSA, they tried to follow it. That doesn't sound like any bigoted discrimination to me. It just sounds like a group that has nothing to do with sexuality which decided to not make sexuality a part of it at all.

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The distinguished Moulder spake:

The distinguished HullBreach spake:[quote]I haven't taken part in the bulletin boards for a while. This seems like a good place to dive in head-first!

Boy Scouts of America is a privately run group that teaches boys and young men many skills they may use in adulthood and helps them be well-rounded in numerous aspects of life. Their policy was never to ban a potential member for being homosexual. They never had an issue with that at all. The issue was open homosexuality. As I have said in many discussions in the past, flaunting sexually, whether homosexual or heterosexual, has no place in many areas. BSA is not a sex education group, so sexuality of all kinds was "closeted".

BSA is based on Christian principles, but members are not required to be Christians. They draw from biblical text for their moral beliefs and conduct prayers at meetings and hold Sunday morning religious services at camps. In the New Covenant of Jesus, it is taught that open homosexuality is wrong but that being a homosexual is not. (Look at Jesus' sermon on divorce and eunuchs in Matthew.) The Bible teaches of love and respect for everyone. Since this is the moral source for BSA, they tried to follow it. That doesn't sound like any bigoted discrimination to me. It just sounds like a group that has nothing to do with sexuality which decided to not make sexuality a part of it at all.

So in the same respect, open hetrosexuality is wrong?[/quote]

The BSA is not a "hook-up" group, so you are correct. One does not join Boy Scouts to trade pin-up calendars, look at porn, or even attend dances with Girl Scouts.

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The distinguished Forever Death spake:

I don't understand. Are they going to ask you when you join if you are homosexual? Every boy, no matter sexual preference, age, race, or whatever, SHOULD be allowed to join the BSA.

No, the point is that they shouldn't have to ask anyone. Like I said in my previous post: BSA is not a "hook-up" group, so open sexuality of any type has no place in it.

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The distinguished HullBreach spake:

No, the point is that they shouldn't have to ask anyone. Like I said in my previous post: BSA is not a "hook-up" group, so open sexuality of any type has no place in it.

I would be relieved were this website's community to apply that model as a standard. A peeve of mine involves users labeling themselves things such as "straight" or "bi" in their profile bios, and I would realistically argue it is done for one obvious reason.

Catch my drift.

The distinguished Forever Death spake:

You can't block out any sexuality. The process of people announcing their sexuality is to try and gain acceptance. To announce what people try to ignore and believe it doesn't exist. But it exists, people need to get over the fact.we are here, and here to stay. And banning us from doing the same stuff that other people can do is just wrong. Why do you care?

I don't care. That's why I just want people to keep it to themselves, and that was the concept shared by BSA and the military.

Flaunting what one does in the bedroom just annoys people. The point of a free country is that no one should care what someone else does, as long as it does not cause harm to other people. Having parades that flaunt sexuality does nothing to help, since all it does is anger people who just don't care, otherwise.

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The distinguished Moulder spake:

I was actually expecting a reply from HB, but I think he's been too busy for the BBs.

You scared me off with the Snickers, since I'm allergic to peanuts.

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The distinguished Moulder spake:

The distinguished HullBreach spake:[quote]The distinguished Moulder spake:<blockquote>I was actually expecting a reply from HB, but I think he's been too busy for the BBs.

You scared me off with the Snickers, since I'm allergic to peanuts.</blockquote>

Fine then, have a Kit Kat![/quote]

Yummy

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That is something the Boy Scouts would have to determine, since this BB thread is about them.

I'm predestined to have free will.

A year later, the Boy Scouts have experienced a 6% drop in membership under the policy of allowing homosexuals. Their numbers have been steadily decreasing since 1999, but the difference this year is much greater than previous years.

Catch my drift.