The homo-mania now being
experienced in Russia has
being highly criticized in this pre-Olympic era by most nations, including the United States
The Boy Scouts of America are
a perfect example. Only recently have
they agreed to admit gay boys into the Scouts on a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell”
basis. Gay men are still restricted from
being Scout Masters or participating with their children.
This is one of those fact is
stranger than fiction stories. General
Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, had his own questionable
peculiarities. Though finally married at
age fifty-five, Powell was known for his hostility toward women and his
derogatory statements about the female figure.
He publicly declared,” A clean young man in his prime of health and
strength is the finest creature God had made in the world.” Powell was known to have a passionate
friendship with his aide Kenneth McLaren who he called “the boy.’ His favorite pass time seems to be watching
and photographing his young scouts swimming naked.
On the record, I think that
the Scouts are a fantastic organization for kids; but, when Scouting attempts
to instill religious inspired bigotry as part of its program it takes on a
whole new perspective.
Why the hell should you or I
or the government or any organization have the legal right to discriminate on
the basis of what consenting adults do in the privacy of their
relationship? A person’s self image –
and especially a child’s - is fragile. The
very discussion of whether a person is gay should be considered social
discrimination and an intrusion into a person’s right to privacy.
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