"Leurquin, Ronald" asked, I wonder then if we should uphold the Boy Scouts
for its efforts at discrimination against the GLBT community then?
I'm a currently inactive Scouter. That question is one that has bothered
lots of us. It's been my experience that in Minneapolis, the expression of
loyalty among Scouts and Scouters trumps the directives coming out of the
national office. As long as I've been involved in Scouting, going back
to the mid-1950s when I rode shotgun with my father to take people to Many
Point, there have been gays in Boy Scouting. Almost invariably, if they
were Scouters, they were highly valued, creative and reliable
leaders. I'm sure there were exceptions, but I don't recall them.
A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Friendly, Helpful, Courteous, Kind,
Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent!
For Michael's list, I'd have to drop the word "successful" because there
are so many kinds of success. Financial success is nice as long as it's
not at the expense of other kinds of success that I value more highly.
--Emilie Quast
SE Como
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