Boy Scouts of America votes to ease ban on gay members

Originally Posted by Vendor

But a ban on openly gay adult scout leaders will remain in place.

Uhm... why? Can anyone explain, please?

[garren]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I'm sorry, but it's already too late for you. The truth is that just reading this thread has made you gay. That's how it works, you know? It's like cooties only with sexual orientation. In a few days you'll start feeling the urge to buy new window treatments and download a Barbra Streisand album.

Which brings up a good point - Why do gay men routinely act feminized? Doesn't make any sense. If you don't like women then why would you mimic their feminized mannerisms and act like a girl? Why would another gay man find that attractive and not a masculine tough guy? Why not just be with a feminized woman? Same thing with lesbians... Why do so many of them want a masculine version of a woman if men isn't what they're interested in. Just seems so "fake" to me. Is "fake" the right word? I don't know?

[Tchocky]

And why do they have parades?!?!

You don't see any STRAIGHT PRIDE parades, answer me that.

Originally Posted by garren

But at least a heterosexual couple is a diverse couple comprised of both a man and a woman. A gay couple isn't celebrating diversity at all and doesn't go towards promoting positive relations between males and females nor does it produce living offspring. Suppose every kid grows up to be gay one day. How is that good for humanity? They are different (and I don't mean that to be mean towards them but to be honest). Should we allow straight men to participate in the Miss America Beauty pageant? What about showing the Duke's of Hazard on the BET channel? Sometimes lines are drawn in the sand for a reason. Not to be offensive but to keep humanity going. Suppose if all women who have abortion rights decide to abort all their children from now on. That's the end of humanity. Why give women that sort of power? Would men really just sit back and let women end the world? Think the government would come in and take women's right to abort away if that became the norm?

Not sure if trolling or just s... mh.. I'm on Subsim... so: "silly"...

[garren]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

And why do they have parades?!?!

You don't see any STRAIGHT PRIDE parades, answer me that.

Because that would be discrimination towards gays I'm sure. We're no longer a country that runs on majority rules anymore. Now it's apparent that minority rules run the country. Nobody wants to be on top anymore because the real power is being on the bottom, being a victim, and getting governmental support to bolster your cause.

[Tchocky]

Ha ha. Oh dear.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by garren

With a taint of racism included in that business decision. Just read an article today on yahoo in which Samsung made some commercial that depicted men as lazy inferior beings who sit on the couch and do nothing. This woman plugs some sort of electronic device into his back and he's suddenly cleaning the house, feeding the baby, washing the floors, while she sits and does nothing. So men complain and say it's sexist. And some female reporter for yahoo claims that women can not be sexist towards men and only men can be sexist towards women and blacks can't be racist towards whites and only whites can be racist towards blacks. So what is a white Christian conservative heterosexual male supposed to do but think the whole bloody world is anti-him? How is current discrimination against this person OK? because his ancestors were discriminated against other groups so it makes it OK to discriminate against him today? We're not creating equality in this society. We're just flipping the script and turning the tables around on people and that's just going to lead to cyclical effect of never ending discrimination.

I do not want watch Boyz N the Hood. The don't show it on TNT. I guess broadcasters base what they program on being racial? They target specific groups of people. Business decision. As far as the white male being lazy, etc and someone being offended by it all I can offer is political correctness has gotten completely out of hand. Personally, I'm offended at others getting offended at the drop of a hat.

[August]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

August, they are not initiating a, "Let's Learn Gay" merit badge.

They might as well be. Like I said it's adding a whole new and complex aspect to Scouting that didn't exist beforehand. It's going to have a greater impact than a lot of people think.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Ha ha. Oh dear.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by garren

Which brings up a good point - Why do gay men routinely act feminized? Doesn't make any sense. If you don't like women then why would you mimic their feminized mannerisms and act like a girl? Why would another gay man find that attractive and not a masculine tough guy? Why not just be with a feminized woman? Same thing with lesbians... Why do so many of them want a masculine version of a woman if men isn't what they're interested in. Just seems so "fake" to me. Is "fake" the right word? I don't know?

I know and have known quite a few gays and lesbians. None that I recall being very feminine for the males or manly for the women. I do recall all as productive members of society and good people.

This is something that either disgusts or fascinates you. Either way, you are spending to much time on it certainly.

[garren]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Not sure if trolling or just s... mh.. I'm on Subsim... so: "silly"...

Why does everyone assume that the person with the unpopular opinion in any particular forum is trolling? Because from this end of the ship it sure feels like I'm being trolled just the same. Perhaps a moderator should come and split the ship in half with a torpedo and end this forum if we can't agree to disagree without the finger pointing and accusations of trolling.

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by August

They might as well be. Like I said it's adding a whole new and complex aspect to Scouting that didn't exist beforehand.

How is it different than explicitly excluding homosexuals? The aspect is already there, and the spin on it is that it's wrong unhealthy and unwanted.

It's going to have a greater impact than a lot of people think.

Maybe so.

[garren]

Originally Posted by August

They might as well be. Like I said it's adding a whole new and complex aspect to Scouting that didn't exist beforehand. It's going to have a greater impact than a lot of people think.

I think it's going to be the end of the boy scouts honestly. I already know of 5 churches in my area that are withdrawing support to the boy scouts already since yesterday. And since the boy scouts receive 70% or more of their funding from churches and religious donations I'm thinking it will be the end of the boy scouts altogether. Probably what the gay community was hoping for anyways. If they can't participate they want to destroy what other have so everyone's miserable. I'm sure they will adopt to wearing short skirts and show up at your door selling cookies and if that doesn't work Obama will bail them out and use federal tax money to keep the gay scouts up and running.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Armistead

. Not sure I would want a male sexually attracted to males partaking of such with my teen son.

You are assuming that gays are attracted to every single male they see.

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by garren

I think it's going to be the end of the boy scouts honestly. I already know of 5 churches in my area that are withdrawing support to the boy scouts already since yesterday. And since the boy scouts receive 70% or more of their funding from churches and religious donations I'm thinking it will be the end of the boy scouts altogether. Probably what the gay community was hoping for anyways. If they can't participate they want to destroy what other have so everyone's miserable. I'm sure they will adopt to wearing short skirts and show up at your door selling cookies and if that doesn't work Obama will bail them out and use federal tax money to keep the gay scouts up and running.

Did you hear that Obamacare has a tax credit for sexual reassignment surgery?