Spotlight: Should the Boy Scouts allow gay members?

[Mike]

Should the Boy Scouts allow gay members?
http://www.teenspot.com/spotlight/sh...w-gay-members/

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[Sami_BabyxD]

Absolutely. Just because they're gay means they shouldn't know how to hunt, camp, work as a team,etc?
Being gay makes you no less of a person. They are boys whether they are gay or not, hence the "Boy Scouts"

[hovla]

whats up with misleading title?

[Evlmstr]

Speaking as someone involved with the BSA, yes.

[Ollie_94]

Who are you expecting to say no?
Post some proper news

[hovla]

it wasnt even about boy scouts themselves like title leads you to believe. Their teacher who happens to be lesbian got fired. She most likely brought up subjects of homosexuality several times to the kids

“Scouting maintains that its youth development program is not the appropriate environment to introduce or discuss, in any way, same-sex attraction. Parents and caregivers should have the right to decide when and how to discuss this issue with their children,” Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith said in a statement.

I dont see anything wrong with that.

[my_name_is_joe2]

I don't think adult leaders in the scouting should be allowed to lead if they are openly gay. Too risky.

[LeMoine]

Who are you expecting to say no?
Post some proper news

Why are you coming to a teen message board expecting its staff to post shit you'd see on CNN?

I don't think adult leaders in the scouting should be allowed to lead if they are openly gay. Too risky.

Too risky.. for what? Since when are all gay people automatically pedophiles and automatically attracted to everyone of the same sex? That's a ridiculous statement.

[Ollie_94]

Why are you coming to a teen message board expecting its staff to post shit you'd see on CNN?

I think TS should have the celebrity bullshit plus proper news category to mix it up a bit and relate to more of us. Proper news doesn't have to be worldwide headlines like the greek economy but something more 'teen appropriate'. Something like Olympics or the space shuttle that past through the hudson or whatever.

[Evlmstr]

I think TS should have the celebrity bullshit plus proper news category to mix it up a bit and relate to more of us.

We have a Gibberish forum for the former

[lovelykatie]

I don't think adult leaders in the scouting should be allowed to lead if they are openly gay. Too risky.

Yeah because all gay people are only interested in sex, as opposed to all those prudish heterosexual people who never abuse, rape or groom children.

If gay men are not allowed to be a scout leader then neither should heterosexual women. And heterosexual men shouldn't be allowed to coach girls sports teams for example.

[Nicoma]

Considering I'm in it...they kind of do. XD

[Paulzee]

Should they? I don't see why they shouldn't.
Do they have to? No, and there's no use in complaining about it. It's a private club and they can allow or not allow whoever they want into it.

[Tommy_Boy_96]

Should they? I don't see why they shouldn't.
Do they have to? No, and there's no use in complaining about it. It's a private club and they can allow or not allow whoever they want into it.

Yes they do have to. They can't just decide like that, not on the basis of sexual orientation. That's the whole point of equality legislation, or there'd be "private clubs" that don't allow black people as members.

[tgl]

maybe they should be considered a hate group. parents wont send their children to hate groups will they?

[JavaTC]

maybe they should be considered a hate group. parents wont send their children to hate groups will they?

They probably would.

[Mr_Quick]

Yes they do have to. They can't just decide like that, not on the basis of sexual orientation. That's the whole point of equality legislation, or there'd be "private clubs" that don't allow black people as members.

In the US such legislation only applies to employers and government agencies, not private, nonprofit clubs.

maybe they should be considered a hate group. parents wont send their children to hate groups will they?

You're going to lump freaking Boy Scouts together with groups like the KKK and Westboro Baptist Church? Really?

[UnDifined-]

Gay = Pedophile, of course!

[Dopeasf]

Absolutely. Just because they're gay means they shouldn't know how to hunt, camp, work as a team,etc?
Being gay makes you no less of a person. They are boys whether they are gay or not, hence the "Boy Scouts"

[Dopeasf]

^ what she said. As long as they aren't touching little boys or flirting with them lol, then I see no problem.