Editor's Note: John Stemberger
is an Eagle Scout and president of On My Honor, a coalition of
concerned parents, Scout Leaders, Scouting donors, Eagle Scouts and
others affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America who are united in their
support of Scouting’s timeless values and their opposition to open
homosexuality in the Scouts. Find more information at www.OnMyHonor.net.
By John Stemberger, Special to CNN
(CNN)– On Thursday, delegates to the Boy Scouts of
America’s national conference met in Grapevine, Texas, to determine the
fate of one of the most beloved organizations in this country’s history.
This organization that has stood the test of time will probably be
destroyed now that they have decided to admit openly gay boys as Scouts.
Sex and politics have no place in the Boy Scouts, and allowing open homosexuality will lead to myriad bad consequences.
First, the new BSA policy is logically
incoherent and morally and ethically inconsistent. The BSA had never
discriminated against homosexuals. The BSA membership application did
not ask about sexual orientation, and there has never been a witch hunt
in the BSA to find or remove its gay members. Continue at John Stemberger
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