Comments on: Focus on the Ridiculous

By: T. Snow

T. Snow — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:43:54 +0000

Um, if the homosexual males are not sleeping with the boys in their tents at Boy Scout functions, then who are supervising the boys when they are supposed to be sleeping? I am assuming that if a homosexual male is serving as scout master, then he would also reserve the right to sleep with his troop. The Supreme Court doesn’t have to make a specific ruling about the Boy Scouts’ sleeping arrangements, but in saying that the Boy Scouts must hire homosexuals it only stands to reason that those homosexuals would have the same duties and responsibilities as the heterosexuals, which includes sleeping with the boys in tents.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:20:28 +0000

Okay. I strongly believe that the Supreme Court would never rule on specific, inside policies of non-profits, like their sleeping arrangements. I really believe the tent thing is literally impossible.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:38:48 +0000

There are many things in our society today that I never thought would have been possible. As I said, I don’t expect it to happen, but I would not go so far as to say it’s impossible. This is Scouting and we should try to leave politics out of it, but I think it would be difficult to argue that the Left’s agenda holds the same values as the worldwide Scouting movement.

If anything, I think it would never get to that point, because the BSA would have been forced to fold before it got to that. The BSA has shown that it’s unwilling to back down on homosexual leaders. In a Democrat-controlled Senate, how long do you think the BSA charter will last? Do you think it would survive another test in the Supreme Court with after the appointment of a couple of Obama justices?

I see your point; I really do. But I won’t declare that it’s impossible. I never thought this country would be on the verge of electing a President who actively worked to defeat a bill that would require that medial attention be given to a baby born alive from a botched abortion. I honestly see no limits to what that man is capable of.

That’s why I don’t think I’m “obfuscating a lie”. Dobson is certainly trying to scare people. That seems to be how elections are won these days. But I would never say never, not matter how unlikely it seems today. (Again, I would see the BSA folding before that was ever enacted.)

By: admin

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:21:06 +0000

It’s not unlikely, Eric. It’s impossible. There’s just no truth whatsoever to it. The Supreme Court would never, ever tell an organization which members had to sleep together. There is absolutely no politician in office or running for office that approves of NAMBLA. Sleeping in tents together is 100%, take it to the bank, never going to even be proposed as something the Supreme Court should consider. That’s what offends me about that letter. It is positing the impossible.

Don’t go wobbly on me, Eric. Obfuscating a lie is against our Scouting values. I stated that the other stuff is possible, but this issue of sleeping in tents is not. Putting it in that letter, Dr. Dobson was just trying to scare people. I don’t know why. Does he think his readers don’t consider the real possibilities scary enough? Of course they do. Lying as public policy is wrong. That just makes a person a liar.

As I said, if Obama appoints Supreme Court justices, is there a possibility that they will find a heretofore hidden right to same sex marriage in the Constitution? Yes. Would a court of that type reverse Dale? Yes. That’s it. That’s the end of the line. No sleeping in tents. It’s just not possible.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:56:14 +0000

I agree that the “sleeping in tents” is unlikely, but if the government can tell the BSA who its leaders are, what’s to stop them from making other impositions? Don’t underestimate the intentions of the radical left. These are the same folks who continue to support such a despicable group as NAMBLA. Theirs is a warped view of libertarianism that says, “Who are you to discriminate against a man who wants to sleep in a tent with a boy.”

Again, it’s unlikely, but so was the idea of legalized “gay” marriage a decade ago. Either way, an Obama presidency will have long term repercussions for the BSA. Within a few years, the BSA will lose their legal right to teach and live the values they’ve upheld for 100 years. And when that happens, the whole country loses.