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Lanod
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I am a boyscout, however i hate their antigay policy i was wondering if any other scouts wanted to weigh in on this

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Salvidian
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What anti-gay policy? I was a Boy Scout for about a year and was never aware of this. By the way, kids don't typically realize they're gay until well into puberty. Boy Scouts are boys.

EmperorPalpatine
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What anti-gay policy?

They're banning openly-gay Scout Masters.
Salvidian
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They're banning openly-gay Scout Masters.


Ah. Makes sense.

Isn't that self-explanatory though? I mean, that's a big and necessitous precaution.
EmperorPalpatine
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Scout Masters

nvm. All memebers in general.

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Kasic
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Isn't that self-explanatory though? I mean, that's a big and necessitous precaution.


How so? Just because someone is gay doesn't make them a pedophile. And just because someone is a pedophile doesn't make them a molester. You're jumping a few steps.

All memebers in general.


Correct.

Their reasons, as far as I'm aware, are that they are a Christian organisation that believes homosexuality to be immoral.
ihsahn
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Their reasons, as far as I'm aware, are that they are a Christian organisation that believes homosexuality to be immoral.

That and a widespread, poisonous misconception that gays are more likely to be pedophiles.
Salvidian
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How so? Just because someone is gay doesn't make them a pedophile. And just because someone is a pedophile doesn't make them a molester. You're jumping a few steps.
That and a widespread, poisonous misconception that gays are more likely to be pedophiles.


My sarcasm doesn't translate very well. I was making satire of the pedophile Scout Master stereotype.
ihsahn
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My sarcasm doesn't translate very well. I was making satire of the pedophile Scout Master stereotype.

Well, sarcasm or not, it is something a lot of people actually believe.
Lanod
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it sucks that gay scouts are kicked out

pangtongshu
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Well it's good they aren't allowing them gays in! I mean, come on! If they did let 'em in..what next?! Animals? Robots?!

SSTG
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No, we need to give boy scouts guns so they can defend themselves against gay leaders. xD

thepunisher93
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Well it's good they aren't allowing them gays in! I mean, come on! If they did let 'em in..what next?! Animals? Robots?!

come on man, I thought we trolls don't invade each other's turf.
But in all honesty, I think they did the right thing.
If any one hates this setup, they can quit.
thebluerabbit
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I think they did the right thing.


i personally get the idea you would also agree if they were banned from bars, get their own bathroom and have their own schools.

also you didnt even post a reason.

hint: hating them isnt a reason
thepunisher93
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i personally get the idea you would also agree if they were banned from bars, get their own bathroom and have their own schools.

also you didnt even post a reason.

hint: hating them isnt a reason

WEll that's enough reason for me.
Kasic
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But in all honesty, I think they did the right thing.
If any one hates this setup, they can quit.


How is it the right thing to hold irrational prejudice toward a group of people? The issue shouldn't be whether a group has the right to exclude people it doesn't like, it should be about the discrimination.
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