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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The Boy Scouts of America Are Paying for Their Discriminatory Ways | Gay Rights


When you've got a 100-year-old existence rooted in excluding gays and lesbians from leadership positions, you've got to figure that some bad karma will be coming your way. Such is the case with the Boy Scouts of America, which has had a pretty rough 2010 by most anyone's estimate.

It appears that many Scouting members and leaders are opposed to the headquarters’ narrow-minded stance of discrimination. A search of Scouting blogs reveal(s) numerous posts by leaders and Scouts, against the anti-LGBT policy," writes Thomson. "If the Boy Scouts wish to return to their standing as outstanding citizens then they need to be teaching tolerance and acceptance, not discrimination and shame.

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