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Harry 

On 7/28/10 3:15 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:30:09 -0400, Harry
wrote:

The Boy Scouts have already had those sorts of scandals.

Hence the policy. It may be backward thinking in the 21st century but
I bet more than half of the parents agree with the policy. The scouts
are struggling to survive and they simply reflect the values of their
target demographic.
Public funding is a separate issue but the government funds a lot of
things we find unacceptable on some level. A lot of people think
churches should pay taxes.
The recent document dump says we are funding the Taliban.

Do the boy scouts have a policy against child molesters? I suspect what
they want to prevent is child molestation, and that sort of activity
typically is not the kind of "fun" gay men prefer.

I can just hear the right-wing trash exclaim after some molester is
arrested for buggering Boy Scouts, "Well, at least he wasn't gay."

Doesn't the fact that a man pursues other males of any age make them
gay?
I do understand the difference between consenting adults and children
but the perception is still out there.
Personally I do not have an opinion on this but I do understand what
other people think.
Would you care at all if the BSA was not taking public funds?

1. No, it doesn't.

2. ...and using public facilities...

I don't subscribe to the Rand Paul view of allowing private
organizations to discriminate on the basis of race.