On Fri, 24 May 2013 07:20:45 -0500
Mitchell Holman nomailverizon.net wrote:
Fidem ?B?VHVyYsSBcmUs?= the non-existent atheist goddess
wrote in
news:20130523234312.18c11ed8fac99ed2d628a706@fidem turbare.com:
On Thu, 23 May 2013 21:36:09 -0700
Jeanne Douglas wrote:
In article ,
Mitchell Holman nomailverizon.net wrote:

Boy Scouts vote to lift ban on gay youth
May 23 2013

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The Boy Scouts of America voted
Thursday to end its controversial policy banning gay
kids and teens from joining one of the nation's most
popular youth organizations, ditching membership
guidelines that had roiled the group in recent years.
Over 61 percent of Scouting's National Council of 1,400
delegates from across the country voted to lift the ban,
BSA officials said. The final tally was 757 yes votes,
to 475 no.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...y-scouts-vote-
to- lift-ban-on-gay-youth?lite

It's about ****ing time!

Next step is to allow atheists. Until that day, the Boy Scouts are
still a bigoted organization.

The fact that they had to take it to a vote seems strange to me, but
it's good to know that 39% of the upper echelon are still anti-gay.

It's disappointing that people give as much respect to The Boy
Scouts as they do.


It doesn't really matter.

The BSA has been shrinking for decades
and it will continue to shrink.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/02...-at-100-years/

Do you think "appeal to a larger audience" might have had any influence
on how some of the members voted?

--
Fidem Turbāre, the non-existent atheist goddess
"Homosexuals are not a carpeting flaw. The gay community does not
tolerate shoddy fabrics."
-- W. Godfrey (April 10, 2012; reflecting on Cardinal George Pell's
comparison of God's Creations and Asian Carpetry flaws as a
metaphorical explanation of homosexuality)