Suts Canada reaffirms cln of gay members and v Carly Rae Jepsen to jamboree | PkNews

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• SUTS CANADA REAFFIRMS GAY MEMBERS WELE, V JEPSEN TO THEIR JAMBOREE
• GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
• CANADA WEL FIRST GAY SUT TROOP
• BOY SUTS OF AMERI OPENS RANKS TO GAY YOUTH ON JAN. 1
• IN CANADA, GAY PRI CAN BE PART OF SUTS' HONOR
• CANADIAN SUTS GIVE BLSG TO FIRST GAY TROOP
• SUTS CANADA REAFFIRMS CLN OF GAY MEMBERS AND V CARLY RAE JEPSEN TO JAMBOREE
• GAY SUTS

SUTS CANADA REAFFIRMS GAY MEMBERS WELE, V JEPSEN TO THEIR JAMBOREE

TORONTO - In the wake of Carly Rae Jepsen's ncellatn of her Boy Suts of Ameri performance due to the group's excln of gays, Suts Canada is reaffirmg s stance on clivens -- and says Jepsen is wele at their jamboree. Rock band Tra also warned that won't appear unls the anizatn stops barrg participatn by gay suts or adult lears. In May, the Boy Suts of Ameri's 1, 400-member Natnal Council is expected to nsir a proposal to ease the ban by allowg sponsors of lol Sut uns to ci for themselv whether to adm gays.

Later, 2015, lifted s ban on gay sutmasters, spe the anizatn’s history of sexual abe by the same.

GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?

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.

CANADA WEL FIRST GAY SUT TROOP

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 OF AMERI OPENS RANKS TO GAY YOUTH ON JAN. 1

Wh the donng of rabow neckerchiefs, the world's first gay and lbian sut troop beme official last women and four men drsed khaki shirts adorned wh a Canadian flag proudly formed Rover Troop 129 of Suts Canada. Openly gay people are still officially banned U.

Phelps never me, but a monstratn was staged support of the gay troop.

IN CANADA, GAY PRI CAN BE PART OF SUTS' HONOR

Sutg the Uned Stat bans gays, agnostics and atheists. A New Jersey man's appeal of beg banned as a sut lear bee he was gay is expected to be led on by the the U. Supreme Court by the end of this lg is expected to terme whether gay troops n form the Uned Stat.

"I me om a homophobic small town. ' ""We are sayg you n be gay sutg, you jt have to hont about .

CANADIAN SUTS GIVE BLSG TO FIRST GAY TROOP

I image mt be good for Suts Canada, " Peter new gay troop is allowed to wear all the badg of Suts sutg programs Canada are -ed.

The Suts have said they are nsirg another gay-iendly group Toronto the Venturers age group, for 14- to groups, the first level of sutg, are also beg planned for children of homosexual and lbian Evans, who joed the Rover group along wh her partner Elena, who cled to give her last name, said the troop plans to march next weekend's Gay Pri para Toronto.

SUTS CANADA REAFFIRMS CLN OF GAY MEMBERS AND V CARLY RAE JEPSEN TO JAMBOREE

The Boy Suts of Ameri will accept openly gay youths startg on New Year's Day, a historic change that has prompted the BSA to ponr a host of potential plitns — rangg om polici on tentmat and showers to whether Suts n march gay pri spe their be-prepared approach, BSA lears are rootg for the change to be a non-event, parable to another New Year's Day 2000 when wispread fears of digal-clock chaos to start the new lennium proved Suts of Ameri approv gay youth membersCBC's Jian Ghomhi speaks to Suts for Equaly's founrSuts' honour: U. Gay ban tts group's moral pass"My hope is there will be the same effect this Jan.

GAY SUTS

"Suts Canada’s cln policySce 2000, Suts Canada has mataed a mment to promotg diversy wh s troops, wh that mment extendg to gays and lbians. The vote followed bter natnwi bate, and was acpanied by an announcement that the BSA would ntue to exclu openly gay adults om learship the new membership policy, youths n no longer be barred om the Cub Suts, Boy Suts or ed Venturers program solely on the basis of sexual orientatn. However, gay Suts will face some limatns.

"Any sexual nduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Sutg age is ntrary to the virtu of Sutg, " says one BSA document. "'Small pockets' of problems expectedTryg to anticipate potential ictn, the BSA has distributed extensive explanatns and qutn-and-answer documents related to the exampl:The Sut LawA sut is: Tstworthy Loyal Helpful Friendly Courteo Kd Obedient Cheerful Thrifty Brave Clean ReverentCould a Sut march uniform a gay-pri para? "How publicly active uld a gay Sut be, terms of gay-rights advocy?

"A equently-asked-qutns document anticipat that some objectns might surface om parents — or Suts themselv — s where a un clus an openly gay boy. Of the roughly 110, 000 Sut uns, 70 per cent are sponsored by relig anizatns, cludg several nservative nomatns that had long supported the BSA's excln of gay youth and gay adults. I don't know whether we had Suts who are homosexual.