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Would you let your son to go to camp where there were openly gay members? [W:19,1642]

Would you allow your son to go to camp where there were openly gay members?


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OK I reworded my post and I apologize if I offended anyone with my last poll.......I am and old country boy and sometimes the meaning is not what I meant....I really would like to know how the members of the forum feel about this issue.
 
Sure, what difference should it make.
 
Why would I care? Of course I would.
 
OK I reworded my post and I apologize if I offended anyone with my last poll.......I am and old country boy and sometimes the meaning is not what I meant....I really would like to know how the members of the forum feel about this issue.

LOL @ Navy's attempt to now be PC.

What - our other answers weren't GOOD enough for you? Imagine - a post by Navy Pride going down the ****ter.

To add - not all southern boys are *like you* - don't even hide behind your regional placement as an excuse for your idiocy in all things. You're not a good old country boy - you're a douche . . . good old country boys don't pop off at the mouth with such an endless stream of bull****.
 
If anything, I think it might be more likely that it's the gay kid who has something to fear from antagonistic straight kids.
 
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I see no reason not to.
 
South Park episode?
 
yes, i would.
 
OK I reworded my post and I apologize if I offended anyone with my last poll.......I am and old country boy and sometimes the meaning is not what I meant....I really would like to know how the members of the forum feel about this issue.

Ok.


Well, when my kid was younger I would have been uncomfortable about it to be honest. That was several years ago though and my understanding of these matters has changed a bit; people on DP have shown me pretty convincing studies that "gay" and "pedophile" are two different things that aren't really linked. Five-six years ago I had my doubts about that, but you live and you learn.

Now, my boy is 17. We've thoroughly established that he's straight and likes the young ladies, and I gotta admit that's a big relief to me. However he goes to high school with gay and lesbian teenagers; his "lunch hangout group" includes a lesbian girl.

It's just the modern world, the way things are now, and at some point you just have to deal with it and carry on.

When I started public school over four decades ago, racial integration was a new thing, and a lot of people were uncomfortable about it; the parents more than the kids really. It was the new reality though and eventually everyone had to deal with it and carry on, and eventually it became no big deal.

Things change, and that's all there is to it. You deal with it and carry on.

With that said, I figure it is the BSA's chicken, let them pluck it their own way.
 
OK I reworded my post and I apologize if I offended anyone with my last poll.......I am and old country boy and sometimes the meaning is not what I meant....I really would like to know how the members of the forum feel about this issue.

Thank you for your rewording, Navy Pride.

I voted yes. If the leader was gay, it wouldn't bother me. It might bother me, however, if (and you used the plural, don't forget) a number of the young boys were openly gay....or if a number of the leaders were openly gay. It would depend on my son's age.

My job with my child is not to be politically correct.

Edit: I would be more concerned about the boys themselves than the leaders, actually.
 
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It wouldn't bother me in numbers either, nor it isn't my job to be politically correct. I don't think they can pass on the the homosexuality, and I see no more threat from homosexuals than heterosexuals. I keep the same eye on all of them.
 
It wouldn't bother me in numbers either, nor it isn't my job to be politically correct. I don't think they can pass on the the homosexuality, and I see no more threat from homosexuals than heterosexuals. I keep the same eye on all of them.

Unless you're at camp, you can't keep an eye on them.
 
I think you're overlooking the important question here: would you let your kids go camping with Commander Riker?

STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell me you're lying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It can't be so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Noooooooooooo......
 
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Unless you're at camp, you can't keep an eye on them.

Can't do that either way (unless I help), but Ido both equally as well or poorly.
 
My answer would be very dependent on the circumstances--ages, is the counselor openly gay or just other campers, etc.
 
My answer would be very dependent on the circumstances--ages, is the counselor openly gay or just other campers, etc.

Mine as well, the camp leader's rep, standing in the community as well
 
Thank you for your rewording, Navy Pride.

I voted yes. If the leader was gay, it wouldn't bother me. It might bother me, however, if (and you used the plural, don't forget) a number of the young boys were openly gay....or if a number of the leaders were openly gay. It would depend on my son's age.

My job with my child is not to be politically correct.

Edit: I would be more concerned about the boys themselves than the leaders, actually.

I voted no and it is because of the age factor. A boy or girl 10-15 years old is very moldable. I don't think gay is an inherited trait so I must presume it is learned, even if the learning is subliminal. I wouldn't want my child to think the only way you know if you are gay is if you try it and don't like it. Put yourself back in your pubescent mindset and then answer.
 
I voted no and it is because of the age factor. A boy or girl 10-15 years old is very moldable. I don't think gay is an inherited trait so I must presume it is learned, even if the learning is subliminal. I wouldn't want my child to think the only way you know if you are gay is if you try it and don't like it. Put yourself back in your pubescent mindset and then answer.

I don't disagree. I wouldn't automatically say no, but it would give me pause. Kids experiment. Kids can get screwed up by experimenting. I'm not worried about pedophilia -- I'm worried about the natural curiosity kids have. Peer pressure is huge. Wanting to "fit in" is huge. Making good decisions is sometimes hard when we're young. And dealing appropriately with an experiment isn't always in a young kid's toolbox.
 
I voted no and it is because of the age factor. A boy or girl 10-15 years old is very moldable. I don't think gay is an inherited trait so I must presume it is learned, even if the learning is subliminal. I wouldn't want my child to think the only way you know if you are gay is if you try it and don't like it. Put yourself back in your pubescent mindset and then answer.

Ok - well - belief be damned. You cannot convince someone to 'act' gay and then 'love' one of the same gender - it doesn't work that way. People either are or they aren't. Because if that was the CASE then no one would be gay! Straight couples would not possibly raise a child and then have that child tell them they're gay.

But we have gay people raised by straight couples all the time . . . and straight kids are raised by gays, too. . . and no one who ever married into a heterosexual relationship would ever 'come out of the closet' - because moldability and all: they'd just turn straight!

(wow - I know! - this logic and junk)
 
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