Scout leaders resign over ban on homosexuals
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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Jenny and David Kerr were den leaders in Cub Scout Pack 170 before all six leaders decided to leave the Boy Scouts of America over its policy barring gays and lesbians from the organization.
"It was a policy we were not comfortable with, so we decided as leaders within the organization to disassociate ourselves from Boy Scouts of America," Jenny Kerr said.
After a 2-year review, the Boy Scouts re-affirmed its policy to exclude homosexuals. The organization includes Boy Scouts, Webelos and Cub Scouts.
According to the Boy Scouts of America membership policy on their website: "we do not grant membership to individuals who are open or avowed homosexuals or who engage in behavior that would become a distrtaction to the Boy Scouts of America."
Some Eagle Scouts are returning their badges to the organization in protest.
And some leaders, like the Kerrs, are choosing to leave the group.
The move is not necessarily the end of Pack 170, however.
"It remains to be seen whether or not other parents will step up for this particular pack going forward," Jenny Kerr said, "but we will not be leading them going forward."
She said the leaders will be forming an "Adventure Club" with their sons. They said they've had a great experience with the local Boy Scouts organization but simply cannot support the national organization.
"I was hopeful some things had changed," said David Kerr, "and the fact that they haven't changed made us realize we cant handle it any longer."
No one from the local Oregon Trail Council was available for an interview Wednesday. Calls to the national organization had not been returned by Wednesday evening.
why are people disclosing their sexuality? who cares about your personality? if you have a job, just do it.
oops, sexuality, not personality
 @vkajkla;jf I am almost curious about that name of yours,but so afraid
@souptonuts cannot tell if he missed the F or the G.
@Fancy Jack Except the V, what happened there, lol.
@Iam1woody @vkajkla;jf All letters are from center row of key board, it would suggest that the individual lacks a definative identity and dashed his finger randomly along the center row of the alpha component of the key board, rather than make an effort to develop an avatar name, it speaks to self loathing, laziness, or complete frustration with being creative. Â
Good for them! I was a boy scout and loved it for many years in my youth, and I am straight, but their discrimination against gays keeps me from getting involved with Boy Scouts or letting my children be part of them. Bigotry is NOT a family value.
 @Baldr Odinson when i was a scout we fired GUNS oh my,that is probably the real reason you hate boy scouts
@Baldr Odinson And neither is Anal sodomy or Child Rape.  Anti-gun, Anti-child, and Pro-deviant. The reason you do not let the children join the Boy Scouts is because it will expose their father as a liberal hypocrite.Â
@Baldr Odinson sexual orrientation has no bussines in the boy scouts,teaching many old ways does,but sex does not so if you say I AM GAY then your agenda is suspect and runs counter to the core values
 @Baldr Odinson No, bigotry IS NOT a family value, however, the Boy Scouts profess a faith and belief in God and His word sates very clearly His view of, not only homosexuality, but  ALL sin- would murders child molesters, liars, etc. have a place in the Boy Scouts? No, so someone who is living in a lifestyle of sin should not be welcome also.
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@Nogod&Nogovt awwww so angry so very angry over a view point that is different than yours.lol grow up and stop spewing hate and death wishes
Talk about spewing hatred ,Only a liberal can use hatred against anyone who opposes their views!Â
 @grainger talk about spewing hatred, Only a racist hatemonger would use Jon McNaughton's depiction of Obama burning ConstitutionÂ
@Nogod&Nogovt @grainger It is an accurate depiction, the truth lacks the capacity to hate or be racist, the facts are the facts. The darkness of your philosophy colors your interpretation, a true anarchist, no god, no government would embrace McNaughton's depiction, as for Obama himself, he has no use for the Constitution and would love to go down in history as the man that burned it, instead of being remembered as the worst President we ever had, he would be remembered as the man that burned the Constitution.
@Fancy Jack It seems to me that some years ago there was some talk about Nambla and the Boy Scouts, and people got pretty up in arms about that. They seemed to have crawled back a little since then, hope they stay back.
@souptonuts No one mentions MANBLA because it would be the next step in the normalization of sexual deviancy. Romans were notorious pediphiles, it was common for them to keep a young boy as a companion and bedfellow. One Senator spoke to the Senate declaring the practice debase, he was stabbed to death on the Senate floor for his efforts. It can happen here if good men remain silent.
@Fancy Jack I haven't heard anyone address Nambla.Â
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 @Nogod&Nogovt wow name calling advocating death typical liberal.I can see you wont be here long.HEY ADMINISTRATORS IS THIS AND OTHER POST LIKE IT OK?
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@Nogod&Nogovt you can lie all you want but admin thought differently as did I
To leave seems to be their choice...   What a novel concept.... Freedom of choice... To be "GAY" or "NOT TO BE GAY"..... Freedom of choice... To stay or to leave.... Freedom of choice....
JUST BECAUSE A PERSONÂ BELIEVE THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN , IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU A BIGOT--OR--HATEFUL.. BUT GAYS CAN CONTINUE ACCUSING US OF BEING HATEFUL AND BIGOTS. YOU ARE ENTITLE TO YOUR OPINION, EVEN IF YOU ARE WRONG.
WHY I LOVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
BOY SCOUTS RECEIVE TAX PAYERS MONEY ??? IF NO ?? THEY DON'T HAVE TO ALLOW GAYS IN. PRIVATE CLUBS CAN ALLOW IN WHO EVER THEY WANT.
I am so very proud of my cousins David and Jenny, and their wonderful boys, for standing up against bigotry and hatred. Every American should have the same rights, and I can't wait for the day when the hatred and the name calling end, and we all can agree that even if we have different colors, religions, or orientations we are all AMERICANS and should have EQUALITY. I Love you Kerr family! you always make me so proud.
 @Kimberly there seems to be a lot of hate and name calling coming from liberals who want to force people to change,I in no way believe religion is intelligent,but i do believe they have a right to believe in their religious rights,where as the gay rights group say you must accept what we want,like the chick-a-fill thing,lot of hate about a man who said his beliefs do not account for homosexual marriage,and the threats and torments of people who work for them was over the top
It's refreshing to see an organization that has the stones to stand by their beliefs. It's rare these days.
Good riddens
I will not put my boys in scouts because they protect pedophiles but will not support a boy who they think is gay. That is seriously wrong in my book!
Homosexuality does not mean sexual predator! The Scout leaders that were found to be abusing children were not homosexual! And I wonder how many child sexual predators are still in leadership!
Sure it is their right to keep things the same, I do not disagree with that! It is the fact that they still believe that homosexuality can be taught!Â
@UsaidWHAT Anal sodomy as a disease, is treatable invitro, it is a mental defect like downs syndrone. there have been considerable effort to main stream this deviancy, but it is consistent with the disease model. The disease is not contagious and is self limiting, so does not warrrant aggressive intervention. Anal sodomists are predatory, it is why they migrate to specific occupations and associations. Pedophiles (Children Rapers) and Homosexuals (Anal Sodomists) are cut from the same diseased piece of cloth, recently, a politician sodomized a 17 year old boy in a gas station restroom, is he a homosexual or a pedophile? He is both. They blend and are transitionary in the disease model and are interchangeable, Some rationalize the anal sodomists, focusing on mutual consent and ignore the pedophile component which is always rape. If you support anal sodomists, you support the rape of children. LOL!!!
And it is not contagious either LOL!!!
There is nothing that says they can't form their own type of scouting organization, but no they will not be happy until they force another change to favor their agenda. Just go away and leave tradition alone. Â
 @souptonuts You old fuddy duddy. I see you as a bigot every day on every site that mentions homosexuality. Your a disgrace to the nation and especially to yourself. Time to unlock that old 1940 attitude and accept what is science and not bigotry. I was a Cub and Boy Scout way back in the day. I was homosexual then and homosexual now. So was my scout leader and most boys I new in the boy scouts. Where have you been hiding all your life.
 @Justin Case  @souptonuts Really, most of the scouts and leaders you knew were gay?  Because I've been involved with scouts a long time, and can count on one hand the number of gays in scouting I encountered.  And you know what?  There's nothing wrong with it.  Discussion of sexuality isn't part of scouting.  Never has been, never will be.
 @Justin Case  @souptonuts the only person calling names and acting the bigot the hate filled racist is you Justin you are a bigot a hater a disgrace to the constitution freedom to live speak and be.liberals who make hatefilled comments like you are disgusting
@Justin Case You can call me names, you can call me a bigot, heck you can call me any old thing you like. I am proud of my heritage, proud of my family, proud of my country, and proud that I can have an opinion just like you. I am also proud that I don't call people names.
@Justin Case @souptonuts No such thing as a homosexual in the 1940s, you were anal sodomist then and you are an anal sodomists now, the term anal sodomist accurately describes the perversion that you engage in, Embarrassed by the accurate description, anal sodomists had hope to distort their perverted acts by refering to anal sodomy as homosexuality, hoping that they could confuse the issue with a touch of latin. Their is no confusion, you seek your sexual pleasure by forcing your erect penis into the rectal orifice of another male for your own deviant gratification. I worked taking care of anal sodomists in the hospital, watched them die from Karposi sarcoma, they received no visitors, they died alone, I held the hand of the dying and would touch their hands and face with my bare hands, they would weep openly as they craved the touch of another human being, but many, even family, refused to touch them because of AIDS. I have had to hold the young children down forcibly while we started IVs on them trying to treat them for AIDS, they would scream and run away, I cried a lot of tears for the children. So, you can take your self righteous indignation and stuff it in your homoorifice.Â
The only person making a disgrace of themselves is you. I dont see anything bigoted in his comment and freedom of speech and organizations that do not allow themselves to be pushed by an agenda is acceptable..Â
See ya.
Jenny and David Kerr are right to leave the BSA. The BSA's policies will only change from the inside out-since they are a private organization they can make their own rules-to a certain extent. The more 'leaders' in the BSA that leave-and say WHY they're leaving --because of the BSA's stance on homosexuality-- the better! Thank you Jenny and David Kerr for having the back bone to stand up to discrimination!Â
 @LifeisGOOD007 what if you believe the bible and are not willing to change to meet the life style of those who want to bring their sexuality into a organization based on camping,is it just to bad no rights for them unless they suck up to the loud few,kiss the bottom of those who scream the loudest at what point do we draw the line and who should draw the line,is our country better now or say 30 years ago or 30 years from now?
as it has been said before if you disagree go start your own scout club and honestly best of wishes to you
This is good for the Boy Scouts. I applaud them for doing the right thing.