Health & Fitness
Boy Scouts of America Votes to Split the Baby in Two
The Boy Scouts Misfires in Adopting a Flawed Approach to Gay Members that Will Please No One
In seeking a Solomonic approach to its relationship with gay individuals, the Boy Scouts of America has chosen to slice the baby in half.
By allowing gay children to be scouts, but severing the association between the organization and homosexual adults, a troubling question arises. Are adult homosexuals presumed to be pedophiles, or is a value judgment being made that the gay child develops into an adult that is not a worthy and equal human being? How is a young scout to have the desire to be a member of the organization with the knowledge that it will remove the member from participation upon reaching the age of majority?
The organization has served to set up its own version of the convoluted, discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy, through which decent gay men and women that volunteered to risk their lives for their country were forced to live a lie, hiding who they are. It is instructive to note that former President Bill Clinton has expressed his regret over having backed the measure and signed it into law.
If the scouts want to eliminate from the ranks the adults that have done the most damage to the family and to our society, it should ban heterosexuals. It is from their ranks that the largest number of child and spousal abusers, unqualified parents, and broken and violent homes emanate.
Someday we will look upon discrimination and hatred toward gays with incredulity and amazement. That day cannot come soon enough.
