Lets suppose I wanted to take a group of twelve year old girls in the neighborhood on a series of weekend camping trips. Would anyone object? Should anyone object? After all Ive never been in trouble with the law and even though Im heterosexual nobody has ever even accused me of pursuing underage girls.
According to several sources including NBC News Boy Scouts of America (BSA) the largest youth organization in the nation is close to ending its decades-long prohibition of gay scouts and gay scout leaders. Many large charitable groups and corporations now believe that the homosexual ban is wrongly discriminatory and have ceased providing financial aid to the Boy Scouts.
Its possible that organizations which now support BSA will diminish or withdraw their support leaving BSA with even less financial support than before the lifting of the ban.
Personally I take no position on gay scout members. If an eleven or twelve year old boy is gay or thinks he might be gay fine the local troop leaders can decide.
But I do believe that allowing gay scout leaders is a mistake. Placing any adult in a role-model position in charge of young impressionable and sometimes troubled or sexually-confused boys or girls where there is at least some possibility of sexual attraction and tension and where one of the duties is being in charge of overnight camping trips is inappropriate" to use old-fashioned vernacular.
Lets suppose I wanted to take a group of twelve year old girls in the neighborhood on a series of weekend camping trips. Would anyone object? Should anyone object? After all Ive never been in trouble with the law and even though Im heterosexual nobody has ever even accused me of pursuing underage girls. In fact I would be quite indignant if someone even hinted that I would do something so vile. In our politically correct world perhaps there are some who would hesitate to make a fuss but most people in their gut would understand that this is inappropriate."
You see none of this has anything to do with homophobia or hatred of gay people. Its incredible that allowing gay scout leaders has turned into a gay rights issue. And its a shame that our nations gutless leaders in politics in the press and even in the gay-rights movement lack the wisdom and the ability to understand and communicate this.