For the Rev. Ernest Easley, the decision to cut ties with the Boy Scouts was simple.
The Bible says homosexuality is a sin. The Boy Scouts do not.
"We are not willing to compromise God's word," said Easley, pastor of the 2,300-member Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., which has sponsored Boy Scout Troop 204 since 1945.
Easley, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee, said his church will shut down its troop at end of the year, over a recently adopted policy to allow openly gay scouts. He's urging other Baptists to do the same.
Roswell Street is one of the first churches to cut ties with the Scouts over the new policy. Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, a 23,000-member megachurch, has also announced plans to shut down its troop. Other critics of the new policy, which doesn't take effect until January 2014, are taking a wait-and-see approach.
About 70% of Scout troops are chartered by a faith-based group. Southern Baptists sponsor 3,981, Churches of Christ sponsor 546, and Roman Catholic parishes sponsor 8,397, according to the Boy Scouts of America.
Deron Smith, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts, said the organization will help troops that have lost their church sponsors to find new homes. He said the new policy fits the beliefs of most religious groups that sponsor troops.Read the rest of the story HERE.
Here's a Question, WHO, When, and WHY was sexual orientation brought up in the Boy Scouts to begin with? Did some 12 year old waltz into a meeting one day and say, 'Hi, I'm gay and I want to join your troop? Did he show up wearing a tutu?
Sexual orientation should never have been brought up or discussed to begin with. NO ONE NEEDS to know what the sexual orientation of someone is. Especially at this age. If these gay youth wanted to discuss their sexuality, then they should have sought out counseling. Troop meetings are not the place for such discussions.
So I'm not surprised church groups are backing out and frankly, I don't blame them.I'm sure there were many gay scouts over the years that went through the program just fine. The only thing that changed were the ACTIVIST ASSHOLES getting involved in something that was doing just fine without them..
The Boy Scouts of America should be ashamed for allowing themselves to fall for this activist bullshit, They no doubt will pay the price with fewer sponsors and memberships.
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6 comments:
There's definitely the gag-inducing factor of adult politics pushing this, just as Planned Parenthood now partners with the Girl Scouts in teaching little girls all about avoiding babies at all costs and having "safe sex" outside of the shackles of marriage. Nobody really believes that was best for the Girl Scouts, and yet it happened. It happened to appease the political beliefs of a few adults. That's also what is driving this over-inflated issue in Boy Scouts today.
That said, my own church has not backed out of Boy Scouts because of this, and I think it's because they're not ready to give up on all the boys out there who, without sound and virtuous leaders, will almost certainly follow selfish and misguided leaders instead. The blind leading the blind. I've read that there will be a summit for Christian leaders to discuss the formation of a replacement program, and I see nothing wrong with this, either. People should have choices. A new program would be most welcome. But for all the boys in communities like mine who benefit greatly from Boy Scouts, I rest better knowing the good men of my own church are still involved. They are still loving the sinner and hating the sin.
This is another attempt at confusing the truth with fiction and many religious organizations are swallowing the hype hook, line and sinker! Scouting is not a camping club but a university to teach boys their duty to God. Sexuality has never been part of scouting and never will be, to those not yet married (1 man 1 woman as God ordained) it is not permitted in doing your duty to God.
Hopefully someone will start a new group that explicitly says NO way will it change its requirements.
Now for the religious sentiment which I will start with a verse.
“to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men” Mosiah 2:4
I am not sure where people get the idea that going with the "MY GOD YOU SINNED!!" Then not include you in activities, talking behind your back, and treating one person different then another comes in. I feel people are falling into the trap of judging people for their sexual orientation, race or beliefs instead of what they do. Like judging a book by the cover. I am tattood. I smoke cigarettes. I occassional drink alcohol. I am your all around "This guy has no morales." by just looking at me in a short sleeve shirt while I am outside smoking a cigarette and drinking a corona at the end of the day if I feel like having a beer. If I were to help with the boy scouts would people wish they would pull sponsors? All because someone judged a book by its cover and didnt get to know me. A gay person is just gay. They like the same gender. Whoo! It is like a white person like a black person. It is a preference. Or the guy who likes the blondes, or a women who likes guys with dark hair and are 6' tall. it is a preference. They may be a good person, or they may be a bad person. Their acts and their morales are what decide that. Not their sexual attraction.
Anon :10
The problem is, Gays were always in the scouts. They never advertised or made an issue off it.
When it became an issue for discussion in the scouts..People took sides.
They should have left it, "Don't ask, Don't Tell" and we wouldn't be discussing this now.
It hasn't been publicized at all, but the BSA cowered to the IRS. They're threatening their tax exempt status by scrutinizing their fundraising.
My son sells about 220 wreaths per year, and gets $8 per wreath deposited in his account to be used for scouting activities and supplies.
Apparently, the IRS is now calling that income. Our council is considering putting all of the wreath money into a common fund to distribute evenly among all of the scouts. Most of my son's fellow scouts only sell 30-40 wreaths per year.
My wife is the fundraising chair for the troop, and is livid. She hasn't noticed the same level of outrage among the parents of the 30-40 wreath per year scouts. Imagine that.
Also, the state of California stripped the BSA of their tax exempt status as punishment for their gay stance.
If my son didn't enjoy scouting so much, I'd pull the plug.
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