Smeagol
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Re: Would you allow your son to go to camp where there were openly gay members? [W:19
Is this a fair question ask? Supposed there is on openly homosexual Scoutmaster. The role itself makes being a mentor and a role model automatic. This Scoutmaster loves the kids and the kids look up to him. However, this Scoutmaster has a same sex significant other. The Scoutmaster would never molest or act in any inappropriate way toward the boys but occasionally his gay lover stops by Boy Scout meetings to maybe drop off something or get cash to buy the grocery store items for dinner after the meeting. When he does, as any married couple would do, he gives his gay lover a big hug and when he leaves a goodbye kiss in full view of the boys in his troop. Remember, the boys see him as a role model, look up to him and some want to pattern their lives after him.
It just so happens that during the scouting years, boys become sexually aware. There is different research on the causes for sexual orientation, much of which could be driven by less than pure science and more by social agenda so I think its more than fair to say environmental factors especially those that are present when sexual awareness occurs for the first time might be at least a contributing factor in determining one's sexual orientation. Could therefore, impressionable young boys who are exposed to public displays of same sex romantic affection carried out by highly admired role model/leaders at the precise formative time in their lives when sexual awakening occurs be inadvertently "influenced" to pursue a homosexual life themselves even if no molestation ever occurred?
How exactly would a homosexual influence your child?
Is this a fair question ask? Supposed there is on openly homosexual Scoutmaster. The role itself makes being a mentor and a role model automatic. This Scoutmaster loves the kids and the kids look up to him. However, this Scoutmaster has a same sex significant other. The Scoutmaster would never molest or act in any inappropriate way toward the boys but occasionally his gay lover stops by Boy Scout meetings to maybe drop off something or get cash to buy the grocery store items for dinner after the meeting. When he does, as any married couple would do, he gives his gay lover a big hug and when he leaves a goodbye kiss in full view of the boys in his troop. Remember, the boys see him as a role model, look up to him and some want to pattern their lives after him.
It just so happens that during the scouting years, boys become sexually aware. There is different research on the causes for sexual orientation, much of which could be driven by less than pure science and more by social agenda so I think its more than fair to say environmental factors especially those that are present when sexual awareness occurs for the first time might be at least a contributing factor in determining one's sexual orientation. Could therefore, impressionable young boys who are exposed to public displays of same sex romantic affection carried out by highly admired role model/leaders at the precise formative time in their lives when sexual awakening occurs be inadvertently "influenced" to pursue a homosexual life themselves even if no molestation ever occurred?