On Fri, 24 May 2013 07:20:46 -0600
"PV" edrnouser@ spam telus.net wrote:
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...couts-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.

Sexual orientation is not a choice,

That's not entirely true. Some people "choose to experiment" and, of
them, some find that they enjoy it. However, I do agree that sexual
orientation tends to be a "built-in characteristic" for many people.

however atheism is, so why must Scouts change to accommodate those
that choose atheism?

Atheism is a state of nature. Theism is a choice that diverts from
natural human integrity, and those who abandon all "faith" have simply
"reverted" to atheism.

In fact, the Boy Scouts do accept atheist members, with the hopes of
these young children diverting to their flavour of theism, just like
most churches do.

I view the Boy Scouts as a unique type of church that focuses on a lot
of outdoor activities with an emphasis on survival, and distinctly
places a greater importance on the chain of command. It's not known to
be extreme like Scientology, which has a strong Navy flavour, but there
is a serious religious component that makes it fit a church paradigm
albeit without so much preaching and brainwashing (theism is not
pressed nearly as hard because they have a lot of other things to do,
and so theism tends to be regarded more as "a fact of life").

--
Fidem Turbāre, the non-existent atheist goddess
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
-- Richard P. Feynman