ONCE AGAIN THE THE MADMAN IS MAD.
NEW YORK (AP) — After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest campaigns by some critics.
NEW YORK (AP) — After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest campaigns by some critics.
An 11-member special committee,
formed discreetly by top Scout leaders in 2010, "came to the conclusion
that this policy is absolutely the best policy for the Boy Scouts," the
organization' national spokesman, Deron Smith, told The Associated
Press.
Smith said the committee,
comprised of professional scout executives and adult volunteers, was
unanimous in its conclusion — preserving a long-standing policy that was
upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 and has remained controversial
ever since.
As a result of the committee's
decision, the Scouts' national executive board will take no further
action on a recently submitted resolution asking for reconsideration of
the membership policy.
More of this can be found in the Yahoo news.
The influence of Scouting on American society is frequently cited by
both its advocates and critics. Critics have called the BSA's membership
obligations unfair, resulting in litigation in various state and
federal courts. In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
that Boy Scouts, and all private organizations, have the
constitutionally protected right under the First Amendment of freedom of
association to set membership standards.
When you take a close look at the core values of Scouting and its long
length of time teaching them and the long list of Honored Men that have
done great things you will see God and Family and Country come first.
Scouting is a exclusive club with membership rules.They have the right to
keep these rules and stay the way they are.
This will not be the last time Scouting will come under attack for there values and the morals they teach.Since its founding in 1910 The BSA goal is to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance.I am Honored to be a part of it. I have two boys in the BSA I hope they carry on this tradition as my father did.
This will not be the last time Scouting will come under attack for there values and the morals they teach.Since its founding in 1910 The BSA goal is to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance.I am Honored to be a part of it. I have two boys in the BSA I hope they carry on this tradition as my father did.
Like some many other things that is good in this screwed up world it has
come under attack by people that think there way is better because it
is there way and those with moral values scare them make them feel
uncomfortable. If moral values bother you then maybe the problem is not
the morals but the immoral view!
The life styles of our modern age has pushed so much of the Moral values to the point of extinction. It is a shame that Something like The BSA. has to be attacked because the have a set of core values.
The life styles of our modern age has pushed so much of the Moral values to the point of extinction. It is a shame that Something like The BSA. has to be attacked because the have a set of core values.
