The Boy Scouts

The #BoyScouts should allow gays if they're a public organisation and receive public funds. It maybe a civil rights issue. If they are a private organisation, and do not receive public funding, then like an Augusta National, they should receive gays, but by their choice from influence, and not by any force.

If public, Boy Scouts with gay enrollment, would be no different then a public school who has and couldn't exclude gay students. The key, like with public schools, would be in not endoctrinizing. It would have to be done while still allowing each parent to raise and teach their own children the way they see fit concerning sexuality. This goes for both the parents of heterosexual AND homosexual children.

Also, if any chapter is run by a  Church or faith based non-profit organization without public funding, that would have to be taken into consideration as well.

There is much to consider inorder to be just and fair to all. I'm a Christian, but I can't conceive excluding and ostreisizing any child for any reason, especially knowing their possible added struggle of being gay on top of all the pressures of just growing up. (Not that they all consider being gay a struggle.)

I know these things and this way of thinking is new to the Church and the Religious Right, but we must mature. A strong Christian must no longer run from any thing, but deal with all in the world. If there are kids that curse, steal, lie, are heterosexually active and have any other issue that we mentor, train and deal with, and these things would not initially exclude a child, why then should homosexuality? I will keep saying. We all were once sinners and still were loved and valued. We can no longer seperate homosexuality out.

I also boldly say to all of the LBGTQ community that this in no way means we are saying the lifestyle is justified, and not sin. We will be faithful to the Word of God and our God. But we will walk in love towards all and show goodness and kindness.

Indeed. Now is the time.

Yulanda K

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