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Contents:
- GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
- BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO
- CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
- BOY SUTS VS. GAYS
- BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
Openly gay youths will be allowed to jo sutg, a historic cisn the Boy Suts of Ameri says will keep uncloud by “a sgle, divisive, and unrolved societal issue.” * gli scout gay *
But the summer of 1990, Dale received a letter rmg him that his membership had been revoked, simply bee he was gay. Dpe Dale’s 12-year relatnship wh the Boy Suts, the anizatn severed their ti wh him after learng of a news article that intified him as the -print of his universy’s Lbian/Gay Alliance.
BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO
How the Boy Suts' ntroversial cisn banng gays affects s future * gli scout gay *
In a 5-4 cisn, the Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the Boy Suts right to ny membership to openly gay dividuals. On July 27, a full 25 years after they revoked Dale’s membership, the anizatn announced would extend membership to openly gay lears. This after the Boy Suts’ move two years ago to lift s ban on membership to gay youth.
The cisn was an important step, but bee left the ban place for openly gay lears, was an unsatisfyg one.
More troublgly, though, the hatn also perpetuated the historic and homophobic perceptn of gay adults as promiscuo dividuals wh nefar tentns. The recent cisn to fally end the ban on openly gay lears should, therefore, be celebrated. Although is now possible for gay lears to serve openly the Boys Suts of Ameri, dog so is still jt that: a possibily, not a guarantee.
CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
Suts for Equaly"Sce 1991, the Boy Suts of Ameri has barred openly gay dividuals om participatg s program at any level. Suts for Equaly will lead a rpectful, hont dialogue wh current and former Suts and Sut Lears about endg this outdated policy. By embodyg the valu of the Sut Oath and Law, we * gli scout gay *
The Boy Suts has lifted s ban on openly gay lears and employe, but has allowed relig chartered anizatns, which operate more than 70 percent of the Boy Suts Sutg uns, “to e relig beliefs as creria for selectg adult lears, cludg matters of sexualy, ” acrdg to their announcement.
The Boy Suts’ exemptns thereby mata rtrictns on pable and willg gay lears. Later, 2015, lifted s ban on gay sutmasters, spe the anizatn’s history of sexual abe by the same.
BOY SUTS VS. GAYS
BSA Embrac Homosexual Suts and Sutmasters. In 1990, the BSA revoked Jam Dale’s volvement on the grounds that homosexuals were banned om membership.
At the time, the BSA stated that havg gay Sutmasters ntradicted the Sut Oath keepg s members “morally straight. In 2013, the Boy Suts cid to adm openly gay Suts. In 2015, the ban on gay Sutmasters was lifted.
BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
In fact, BSA dit a whole paragraph s Sut or Sutmaster eligibily requirements to those who have homosexual clatns. In jt a ltle over a , BSA pletely reversed s valu regardg homosexual members.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms homosexualy, the clatn of beg sexually attracted to the same sex, is herently disorred (CCC 2357). The Boy Suts of Ameri, changg s polici to clu homosexuals, opened Pandora’s box.
An all-male anizatn cludg gays should have secured the protectn and safety of the young Suts participatg the BSA. Boy Suts will allow gay youth to jo. The suts will mata a ban on openly gay adult lears.