Boys Scouts are mostly kids in their early teens. There is no reason why a gay -or just a potentially gay - gay kid cannot be an exemplary Boy Scout . But do most respectable parents expect or encourage their 13, 14, 15 year old sons to have ACTIVE sex lives - with all the risks involved ?
Does saying it is OK to be a gay scout imply that it is OK to be a promiscuous gay scout ? Cannot " morally straight " apply equally to BOTH gay and non -gay scouts ?
Would the Boy Scout organization be homophobic if it insisted that gay scouts refrain from holding hands and kissing and embarrassing the " straight " scouts ?
Perhaps the "closet " is the best place for young teens. How can they be so damm sure of their homosexuality anyway ? The "closet " will protect their developing personalities.
Recently the newspaper interviewed gay high school students. Perhaps they were mistaken in thinking that an atmosphere of homophobia was the reason for their social problems. The gay kids struck me as prima donna types - narcissistic, self- absorbed, and self-indulgent. Most of them would have no problem being accepted if BEING GAY were something less than a vocation for them.
Gay or straight -people have a way of sizing up your CHARACTER. A gay kid who imagines he is rejected should try acting "nice " instead of GAY. His popularity will go up overnight - even in the Boy Scouts.
And we must not forget that traditional Christians and Jews have a right to their own moral values - which for them often means rejecting the SIN -not the sinner.
By the way, my best friend is gay .
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