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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Boy Scouts of America Lifts Ban On Gay Youth

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians.

The resolution was adopted with more than 60% of the vote.

The vote to allow gay youth in Scouting — but not gay adult leaders — was held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central time during the group’s annual meeting in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine.

After about 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts national council voted by secret ballot, their votes were tallied by an outside balloting firm, Washington, D.C.-based True Ballot, and delivered to Boy Scouts President Wayne Perry, who announced the results to the gathering shortly after 5 p.m. Central time, according Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith.

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26 comments:

Anonymous said...

The end of honor!

Anonymous said...

can we really trust the ballot tally from a company in DC?

Anonymous said...

Don't like it. Leave the scouts and create your own crew. Problem solved. Can we just move on now?

Anonymous said...

The end of morally straight!

I would not be surprised if the sponsoring churches dropped them at an alarming rate.

I used to be on a church board - the folks there were hard-core conservatives!

Anonymous said...

Next the homo's will want an oral copulation merit badge!

Anonymous said...

Everyone should just take their boys out of the boy scouts. I sure wouldn't want my son in a possition to be preyed upon

Anonymous said...

Now parents will need to be very aware of the children their kids are associating with. What a sad, sad day in the good old U. S. of A.

Anonymous said...

My son will not be joining the boy scouts... sorry. No little homos will be abusing him.

Anonymous said...

Another American icon destroyed by liberalism (i.e. communism)

Anonymous said...

5:05 what wrong with you..?the scouts are a private group a splinter group would face the same issues! the values of the scouts is now compromised....the gays should be the ones setting up a new scout club...s!this country is now doomed..since the seven deadly sins rule us

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Anonymous said...
Next the homo's will want an oral copulation merit badge!

May 24, 2013 at 6:36 AM

LMBO

Anonymous said...

You people need to go buy your own island to live on. Stop shoving your morality down everyone's throat. Personally, I don't care about your bigoted, narrow minded lifestyles. As a true Christian, I'll leave the judgment to God.

Anonymous said...

Enough gay friendly scouts infiltrated the group and forced the agenda. A splinter group could simply make the antigay agenda a clear cut portion that is not to be touchhed

Anonymous said...

"sacrificed at the altar of political correctness"

as an aside, 9:05, i gotta say, that doesn't sound to me like a very christian statement.

shoving your "morality" or lack thereof down someones throat is a two-way street

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Anonymous said...
You people need to go buy your own island to live on. Stop shoving your morality down everyone's throat. Personally, I don't care about your bigoted, narrow minded lifestyles. As a true Christian, I'll leave the judgment to God.

May 24, 2013 at 9:05 AM

It's not judgment you idiot. You are obviously condoning a perverted lifestyle and it is against God's word which proves you are not a true Christian.

Anonymous said...

No homo scout or scout leader will be getting the chance to fondle my children in a dark tent during a camping trip.

Anonymous said...

Cant wait until SHARIA LAW comes to America then see how it works out for you liberal gay IDIOTS.

Anonymous said...

Lesbien scouts NEXT?

Anonymous said...

Evil prevails when good people say nothing.

GOD will eventually step in. Sodom and Gomorrah is the eventual outcome for the entire earth.

This is a deadly sin. Promoting it by ignoring it is also a deadly sin. Private groups have the obligation to run them by their religious beliefs.

Freedom of Religion is nowhere to be found in America. I fear greatly for America.

Anonymous said...

Stop gays from targeting our young boys.

Anonymous said...

What ashame. The last real men and boys organization, gone. I hope when God steps in, all LGBT go straight to hell.

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Anonymous said...

Everyone should just take their boys out of the boy scouts. I sure wouldn't want my son in a position to be preyed upon

May 24, 2013 at 6:59 AM

While sex with boys isn't prevalent it does or did happen and this was back in the 1970's in a small troop here on the Shore, which I won't disclose because it is still a small town.

I was on a camping trip and some boys , eighth grade age, started experimenting on each other sexually. They later regretted doing I can only assume, because the matter never came up again.

Boys with hormones and the promiscuous attitudes of today, it is difficult to trust openly gay scouts that they're not looking for fresh meat.

Anonymous said...

"Stop shoving your morality down everyone's throat." Interesting choice of words. But you seem to think it is OK to shove your lifestyle choices down everyone else's throats. Self-righteous hypocrite.

Anonymous said...

Take your kids out of scouts but leave them at sunday school! That makes sense.

Anonymous said...

Need to let the gays have the scouts and start a new secret organization. Anybody who doesn't want their boys to become queer will need to move on it now.

Anonymous said...

great breeding grounds. So to speak lmao! all jokes aside it's just a breeding ground for future predators and go ahead and just say that it's okay to be gay try this. is flipping disgusting I am totally disgusted