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11. The Mormon church is heavily vested in the Boy Scouts, as are the Catholics.
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 12:27 PM
Jul 2012

Many persons inside Scouting believe that just like the American military, it is time for Scouting to enter the 21st century and accept Scouts and leaders of same-sex identities. Unfortunately, the Executive levels of Scouting are filled with homophobes, many of which are directly tied to the Mormon and Catholic churches and their archaic attitudes are directly attributable to religious bigotry.

Here's a link to Zack Wahls, an Eagle Scout raised by two Lesbian Moms. This young man is awesome.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/30/11956347-eagle-scout-son-of-lesbian-moms-boy-scouts-must-end-gay-discrimination

Fuck the Boy Scouts and the bigots that run them. dbackjon Jul 2012 #1
I was a boy scout.. iamthebandfanman Jul 2012 #2
I was cub scout. I didn't like it much and we started a 4H club instead. tk2kewl Jul 2012 #4
I did both but loved 4H -- there were girls KurtNYC Jul 2012 #48
girls girls girls tk2kewl Jul 2012 #49
4H was where I, as a city kid, met the most mature and responsible of my peers, eg farm kids KurtNYC Jul 2012 #50
most of the 4Hers I knew were Long Island suburbanites tk2kewl Jul 2012 #53
I grew up near Rochester and was the lone city kid KurtNYC Jul 2012 #55
best of luck with that! tk2kewl Jul 2012 #57
4H in SE Ks in the late 80's early 90's Sentath Jul 2012 #56
allowing Scouting to remain focused on its mission AlbertCat Jul 2012 #3
No women, no atheists, no gays, what a weird damned group. CBGLuthier Jul 2012 #5
No atheists? Is that a restriction too? Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #43
Yes, no atheists sakabatou Jul 2012 #44
It's basically a non-denominational Christian organization Bradical79 Jul 2012 #46
The BSA is primarily a Mormon youth organization now, it has been distroyed by those bastards. The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #6
The Mormons have too much influcence in BSA Gothmog Jul 2012 #18
The right wing Catholics are predominant in our community. hunter Jul 2012 #22
Not many people are aware that the Mormons use BSA as their own after-school program byeya Jul 2012 #23
Locally the United Way cut off the Boy Scouts years ago. The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #38
Thanks for the information; it's good to know somewhere bigotry is not ignored byeya Jul 2012 #42
BSA has become a very creepy organization. In my youth, decades ago, I RKP5637 Jul 2012 #54
Maybe enough people will boycott it.. AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #7
The majority of the membership is Mormon, it's their official boy's youth program. They aren't The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #8
Mormons only account for AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #9
Don't kid yourself, it's the majority of the BSA membership by far. The organization could go on The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #17
Got numbers/stats, and a citation? n/t PavePusher Jul 2012 #35
my pleasure The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #37
So, not a majority in any way, shape or form. PavePusher Jul 2012 #39
pffffffffffffffffffffffttttt The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #40
Did I miss some sarcasm, or were you merely promoting distortions/untruths and regional bigotry? PavePusher Jul 2012 #41
Props to the Girl Scouts for embracing diversity obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #10
The Mormon church is heavily vested in the Boy Scouts, as are the Catholics. Raster Jul 2012 #11
Bullshit. Predictable. Explicable. Minor gain. dmallind Jul 2012 #12
Then I'm keeping my policy of not supporting the Boy Scouts LynneSin Jul 2012 #14
Don't ask, don't tell, bitches. I know a gay Eagle Scout. onehandle Jul 2012 #15
There are a significant number of gay leaders in my scout district Gothmog Jul 2012 #20
I'm sure that's more common than most would believe. onehandle Jul 2012 #21
Don't Ask, Don't Tell has worked for our district Gothmog Jul 2012 #25
The Government needs to stop supporting this organization Sgent Jul 2012 #16
There are a large number of leaders in BSA working to change this stupid policy Gothmog Jul 2012 #19
And meanwhile the UK Scouting Association policy: Spider Jerusalem Jul 2012 #24
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #26
it'll change just as the U.S. military changed tomm2thumbs Jul 2012 #27
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #28
Oh WELCOME to DU tomm2thumbs Jul 2012 #29
fraudulent studies, homophobic propaganda johnnypneumatic Jul 2012 #30
Oh Jesus Christ... (in more ways than one) dmallind Jul 2012 #31
I only lasted a month before I quit... brooklynite Jul 2012 #32
The bigots want their exclusive club? Fine. The United Way should drop them. alphafemale Jul 2012 #33
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #34
Oh fuck off, for fuck's sake. PavePusher Jul 2012 #36
Go be a shit-nozzle... elsewhere. AlbertCat Jul 2012 #45
That's probably the best way to protect kids from abuse 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #47
unblock: we're keeping policy banning boy scouts. unblock Jul 2012 #51
BSA should be called out for what it is, a HATE GROUP! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #52
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