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Boy Scouts Banned By Alabama Pastor Greg Walker[W:220:563]

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It is a church. If they feel that allowing gay scouts to use their facilities conflicts with the purpose and teachings of his church, then that is his right. I don't consider it being a jerk--I consider it exercising his organization's right to dissent.

There have never been any scouts in that troop that were gay before now?
 
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I need to know..at what age these boy's declare themselves as ''gay??''

18 to 21??

Is this a joke??

It is possible for people to come out at 16 or 17. Still in Scouting in many cases.

What was your age when you declared yourself "straight?"
 
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It is possible for people to come out at 16 or 17. Still in Scouting in many cases.

What was your age when you declared yourself "straight?"

I never felt the need to ''declare'' myself straight..

So at 16,17,18..they are active homosexuals then?
 
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I never felt the need to ''declare'' myself straight..

So at 16,17,18..they are active homosexuals then?


The ones who were honest about their sexuality were.
Apparently,teens,straight or gay, have been known to have sex at that ages.
 
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I need to know..at what age these boy's declare themselves as ''gay??''

18 to 21??

Is this a joke??

Are you living in a cave?

There are plenty of boys who KNOW they are gay in their very early teens.

Some are probably aware of it before puberty hits.

My teenage daughter has a classmate that's transgender, and has been that way since she/he was 13 years old.

Kids start dating and experimenting with relationships in late elementary school and early junior high school now.

Hell - there's all kinds of reports of sex in middle schools.
 
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Don't get snarky with me catman :moody

I didn't make the decision, I just try to look for a silver lining..

That's called polishing a turd. There isn't a silver lining. Seriously. Why can't you simply call it what it is instead of playing the "It's their right" nonsense.

Of course it's within their rights.

That isn't the point.

For me, this underscores why giving all churches tax exemptions pisses me off to no end.
 
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The ones who were honest about their sexuality were.
Apparently,teens,straight or gay, have been known to have sex at that ages.

So are the boy scouts exclusively male??
 
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No, they probably don't, but large orgs with organized activities that want to use their facilities they probably do. Doesn't matter either way, they have a right to refuse any org. This is happenning, more quietly, all around the country. Small and large campgrounds are withdrawing their BS support. The Scouts are losing their camps (many of them were sold to private campgrounds back a bit when the Scouts started dying off).


Do these churches allow Alcoholics Anonymous groups, or what about Veterans groups to have meetings in their facility?
Do bingo nights start with a request to know who is gay and who is straight?

It's just dumb. A church should be open to all, and especially the "sinners". What better way to possibly "reach" them?
 
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I need to know..at what age these boy's declare themselves as ''gay??''

18 to 21??

Is this a joke??

I am stunned at how incredibly stupid your question is. You 're the same guy who asks whether the Boy Scouts are exclusively male.
 
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I never felt the need to ''declare'' myself straight..

you do that on these boards all the time
 
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Are you living in a cave?

There are plenty of boys who KNOW they are gay in their very early teens.

Some are probably aware of it before puberty hits.

My teenage daughter has a classmate that's transgender, and has been that way since she/he was 13 years old.

Kids start dating and experimenting with relationships in late elementary school and early junior high school now.

Hell - there's all kinds of reports of sex in middle schools.

Yep.. I'm OK with that..but do the heterosexual scouts know about homosexuality..are they OK with feeling uncomfortable every day because they are not gay??
 
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Yep.. I'm OK with that..but do the heterosexual scouts know about homosexuality..are they OK with feeling uncomfortable every day because they are not gay??

Why do you assume homosexuals make people feel uncomfortable?
 
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Do these churches allow Alcoholics Anonymous groups, or what about Veterans groups to have meetings in their facility?
Do bingo nights start with a request to know who is gay and who is straight?

It's just dumb. A church should be open to all, and especially the "sinners". What better way to possibly "reach" them?

And the next time you run a church you can run it that way.
 
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That's called polishing a turd. There isn't a silver lining. Seriously. Why can't you simply call it what it is instead of playing the "It's their right" nonsense.

Of course it's within their rights.

That isn't the point.

For me, this underscores why giving all churches tax exemptions pisses me off to no end.

I always call it what it is. I said it was the wrong decision and I said it was within their right...how's that not what it is? I can't get upset over all of the stupid **** people do in the world especially when they aren't physically hurting anybody by doing it and that troop is going to be better off for it.

Their tax exempt status is a separate issue.
 
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Yep.. I'm OK with that..but do the heterosexual scouts know about homosexuality..are they OK with feeling uncomfortable every day because they are not gay??


WHAT?????

That comment has me so lost I can't even begin to answer it.

Do straight kids feel uncomfortable because they're not gay?

Is that what you're asking?
 
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I am stunned at how incredibly stupid your question is. You 're the same guy who asks whether the Boy Scouts are exclusively male.

Firstly Top Cat..I am not a guy...

Secondly....Gay teens being admitted into ''THE BOY SCOUTS'' stinks a little...or a lot!!
 
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Yep.. I'm OK with that..but do the heterosexual scouts know about homosexuality..are they OK with feeling uncomfortable every day because they are not gay??

I don't understand this. At the "uncomfortable every day" I was expecting 'because maybe one of the guys likes them'. What I did not see coming was "because they are not gay". I can't make sense of it.
 
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Why do you assume homosexuals make people feel uncomfortable?

Because they do..

Can you imagine not being gay and having a gay kid on the next bunk to you..

Sleep with one eye open!
 
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I don't understand this. At the "uncomfortable every day" I was expecting 'because maybe one of the guys likes them'. What I did not see coming was "because they are not gay". I can't make sense of it.

Whaat..you can't make sense of heterosexual scouts..and the homosexual ones??
 
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Firstly Top Cat..I am not a guy...

Secondly....Gay teens being admitted into ''THE BOY SCOUTS'' stinks a little...or a lot!!

I get where you're having difficulty here. The Boy Scouts is for age ranges, they have different divisions. The older kids are mostly Eagle Scouts and help the Scoutmasters to lead troops, plus they do all sorts of community activites. The young ones are Cub Scouts.
 
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