Can a gay Boy Sut share a tent wh another boy? Boy Suts survey members on anti-gay policy

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?

But the summer of 1990, Dale received a letter rmg him that his membership had been revoked, simply bee he was gay.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.

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.

BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO

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.

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.

CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY

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. In fact, BSA dit a whole paragraph s Sut or Sutmaster eligibily requirements to those who have homosexual clatns.

BOY SUTS VS. GAYS

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. 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.

BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS

The BSA, however, will mata s ban on gay adult lears. “The rolutn also rerc that Sutg is a youth program, and any sexual nduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Sutg age is ntrary to the virtu of Sutg, ” the 103-year-old anizatn said a statement after the vote.

Tyrrell, an terview wh CNN affiliate KTVT, said that the vote energized her for her next ph – to change Boy Sut policy so that gays and lbian adults, like herself, n serve as lears. He claimed that sutg groups now have two optns: to “segregate” gay suts om heterosexual on by puttg them separate tents, or “put homosexual boys wh other boys and put them at risk.

“While a majory of adults the Sutg muny support the BSA’s current policy of excludg open and avowed homosexuals, young parents and teens tend to oppose the policy, ” the survey said.