"Margy Natalie" wrote in message
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| C J Campbell wrote:
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| You might want to ask some of your gay friends just how far they are
willing
| to go to destroy the Boy Scouts. If they are not allowed to meet in
public
| schools (as in South Florida) or in fire stations (as in Chicago), how
long
| will it be before they are not allowed to meet in recreation centers in
| public parks? And from there, how long will it be that they will not be
| allowed in the public parks at all?
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| As a straight woman and mother I don't have any problem with the BSA
destroying
| itself by having a policy that bans a group of children from becoming or
staying
| members. It's hard enough for a kid to come to grips with being gay, but
then
| to be thrown out of a social group where he has been a member for years
because
| of it is awful. I don't think any group should be allowed to harm
children in
| this way. When a kid is 7 they usually don't think much about sexual
| orientation, but that same cute little cub scout at 13 or 15 might know
full
| well he is gay. Now, should he lie, hide who he is, or get thrown out of
a
| group he's belonged to for 8 years. Tough choice for a kid! BTW my
daughter
| was a girl scout, but I didn't look into boy scouts for my son because I
was not
| comfortable having my son surrounded by a group of bigots.
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The BSA does not throw out kids who are homosexuals. The policy applies to
adult leaders only.