The recent vote by the Boy Scouts of America to accept Gay
scouts and reject Gay scout leaders is turning out to be a case of
organizational suicide. Across our nation conservative churches, temples and religious
organizations have begun the process of distancing themselves from the Boy
Scouts. Suddenly scout troops and dens are left without places to meet and
engage in scouting.
On the other side of the political spectrum, progressives
who would have embraced scouting had the organization embraced total equity,
have little or no interest in providing space for an organization that clearly
believes that adult homosexuals are predatory and beyond redemption.
This is a classic example of how lacking a moral backbone
and attempting to take the “middle road” in matters of social justice leads to
organizational destruction. Had the scouts engaged the concept of equity in
it’s totality, progressive organizations around the country would be welcoming
scouts and their troops with open arms.
It is beyond comprehension to proclaim that Gay scouts are
acceptable but Gay adults are not. For an organization that professes to teach
principles, such moral ambiguity is self-destructive and hints at the demise of
scouting, as we know it.
Today the Boy Scouts of America is paying for its’ lack of both
courage and honor; facing its’ own
self inflicted demise. Clearly
this organization no longer possesses the authenticity and character to teach
our nations youth to speak their truth, be compassionate, stand their ground,
or act in an honorable way..
They are alone and they deserve it!
1 comment:
What really bothers me is that, when I was a scout, I think that every one of our scoutmasters was, himself, a former scout. By not accepting homosexual scoutmasters, they're saying to their gay scouts that they can be trained to be good people and successful scouts, but not matter how good and successful they are, they can never transmit those skills to future scouts within the same organization. It's a very strange line they're trying to walk and I'm not sure they can do anything but stumble. Shame, really. I remember fondly being a scout (even if I was a fairly poor one).
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