The Boy Scouts Vote to Allow Gay Kids to Join and Remain in The Club

The Boy Scouts of America voted today Thursday  on removing its ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history.

The vote by more than 1,400 delegates comes amid intense lobbying by gay-rights activists and members of conservative organizations. The proposal would not remove the organization's ban on gay adult leaders.

Representatives from both sides have rallied in Grapevine, Texas, near Dallas, where the scouting organization is hosting its national annual meeting.

The vote comes about three months after the organization's leadership delayed a decision on changing its membership policy to research attitudes toward admitting gays.

The Boy Scouts' long-standing ban has become increasingly polarizing as gay rights becomes a more prominent theme in U.S. political discourse. The U.S. military in 2011 dropped its ban on gay soldiers and 12 U.S. states now allow same-sex marriage.

Although national polls show a growing acceptance of gay rights, an online survey of about 200,000 BSA members, parents and leaders showed overwhelming support for keeping the ban, by a margin of almost 2-1.

Still it was passed. Reports today say that the vote was to allow gay boy scouts to join the organization. There are restrictions for scout masters but the important leap was for the kids to be accepted. It’s incredible that the argument was purely religious. Where does it say you discriminate against kids for whom they are as human beings? How religious is that?
 I have not been able to understand. 

This was coming and the leadership knows that once the President of the United States declared acceptance and for equal rights for gay people, all the obstacles that the Republicans and Democrats in religious districts have put against gays would have to come down one by one.

DADT, The Scouts and even DOMA are in the bag.  Marriage equality in the federal level would have to come next.

While all these great things are going on for us the government and that includes the mayor or NYC and the Police in every state most guarantee the safety of it’s gay citizens because these will be a spark to ignite the hatred in some individuals to commit bashing acts against gays.

{{Adam}}