Archive for the ‘Boy Scouts’ Category
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Famed singer and conservative talking head Pat Boone has written a curious commentary at the rabidly anti-gay "news" website WND.com. In the "exclusive commentary," entitled, "Are you ready for a gay America?", Boone laments the loss of what he sees as his traditional America and the forthcoming "breakdown of society," ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, Sexuality | 4 Comments »
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
A blogger quotes a story of a man suing the Boy Scouts of America for not dismissing two child molesters after learning of their abuse of boys in the program.
He then states:
And if they had dismissed the two Scoutmasters would they be getting accused of discrimination against gays?
Probably not. Gays ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, LGBT, United States, Western U.S. | No Comments »
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Band of Scouting Misfits Attains Eagle Ranking
Achievement of 11 Teens Is Called Unprecedented
By Fredrick Kunkle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, January 19, 2008; A01
The boys called themselves the Viking Patrol. The scoutmasters called them babies.
As Cub Scouts, they were so wild that the exasperated leaders insisted that their parents attend the meetings ...
Posted in Boy Scouts, LGBT Youth, United States | No Comments »
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Here are three topics - none related - that have astonished me in the past two days.
KKK
Back in December 2005, I posted a snippet of a Fox WGHP story on the recruiting efforts of the Ku Klux Klan. It seemed that the KKK - the most dangerous hate and violence ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 10 Comments »
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
I was thinking today, as I was working on announcing that the Inclusive Scouting Award patch was now available through the ScoutPride website.
The gay youth/non-theist youth & leader issue with the Boy Scouts of America is hardly, if ever, discussed anymore. It seems to me that most people are just ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, United States | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Haha...
More at ScoutPride = http://scoutpride.interstateq.com/archives/38/
By the way, I had a short email conversation with Robert Knight, the director of the Culture and Family Institute affiliate of Concerned Women for America. I wanted to email him about the recent article he wrote concerning the Boy Scouts of America and their loss ...
Posted in Boy Scouts, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Federal Appeals Court knocks down [tag]FCC[/tag] obscenity rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that FCC policies fining broadcast stations for airing programs containing certain obscenities are out of bounds:
If President [tag]Bush[/tag] and Vice President [tag]Cheney[/tag] can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Marriage Equality, Media, Politics, Republican Party, Sexuality, Soulforce/Equality Ride, United States | 3 Comments »
Monday, June 4th, 2007
I know... I need to post more. I'll get right on it on Monday.
Over the past three days I've been working very hard and very diligently on ScoutPride. Please check it out... LOTS of info and features for registered members added!
I was talking to the primary organizer of the old ...
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Friday, June 1st, 2007
ScoutPride, proudly hosted by me and InterstateQ.com, launched today, June 1, 2007.
ScoutPride is a new site for networking, connecting and learning more about the individuals affected by the discriminatory membership policies of the Boy Scouts of America, Inc.
Some years ago, a group of individuals ran the now defunct Coalitions for ...
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
The Boy Scouts of America - an organization with which I have not only been significantly involved but also an organization with which I have a long history of not-so-happy interaction - is holding its annual conference in Atlanta. The meeting will take place tomorrow, May 30th and May 31st ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States, Winston-Salem | 3 Comments »
