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>Well, June, I was asking Nate for I do not discuss
anything
>with you if I can help it but since you have butted in,
that
>just is not nearly good enough. The idea of
including
>straight kids in an organization knowing full well that
they
>are not likely to participate
How do you know for a fact that straight kids 'are not likely to
participate'?
Even if that were true, it doesn't change the FACT that the gay and
lesbian student clubs do not discriminate against anyone due to sexual
orientation. It doesn't change the FACT that the BSA as part of its
bylaws makes it a point to practice discrimination against a particular
group. It doesn't matter who or what the leaders of either group
are, nor the sexual orientation of the members of either group; what
matters is what each group, as its stated policy, does in the way of
allowing people to join. The fact that the BSA chooses to
discriminate against a particular group, and will dismiss a gay scout as
quickly as they dismiss gay scout leaders, is the reason why it is finding
taxpayer-funded venues closed to it. As a PRIVATE organization, the
BSA has the right to include or not include whomever they wish; they just
can't expect to have PUBLIC facilites extended to them if they don't also
allow ALL of the public to join.
>So it is just as I thought~~the tyranny of the vocal
minority
>wanting to spoil things for everybody else.
The tyranny is all on your side. My 'side', if there is one, is
one that is inclusive of all groups.
You like the BSA as it now stands? Fine, then have them host
meetings in your house or your church or your private clubhouse.
Don't expect me and every other taxpayer, though, to foot the bill to
allow a discriminatory organization to use facilities built and maintained
with my tax dollars.
June
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