I disagree with their stand on homosexuals, and agree with the stand on atheists. Duty to a higher power is a core belief (there are Hindu, Buddhist, and other religious scouts), while the homosexual stance is made for more political reasons. The Scouts don't let girls in to their core programs (there are female Venturers and Explorers) because in these country the Girl Scouts exist as a separate organization.
Eh? How is requiring Scouts to believe in some sort of imaginary friend in the sky any more valid than teaching the belief "that an avowed homosexual cannot serve as a role model for the traditional moral values espoused in the Scout Oath and Law and that these values cannot be subject to local option choices." (http://www.scouting.org/media/press/020206/index.html)
As is widely reported, Scout-supporting gay men are nowhere near as dangerous to our children as the wide-eyed, salivating pedophiliac clergy. But more to the point, if the private club of the BSA wants to discriminate against homosexuality and rational thought, sure they have a legal right to do so, but anyone and everyone has an equal right to condemn them for the behavior. Collecting cans of beans for the hungry does not absolve the group for promoting backwards and antisocial behavior.
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