Are you interested in children of whatever gender you are attracted to? I'm a 29-year-old straight woman and, oddly enough, I do not find myself attracted to young boys!

I loved being a scout and a Catholic in the early to late 80s. Started as a tiger and stayed in till I hit about 13-14 when I came out about my doubts of gods existence, I didn't even know what an atheist was. It just didn't make sense to me anymore. I mentioned it to a couple of buddies that also went to my church…

You're comparing apples and oranges. Gay men leading boy scouts is comparable to lesbians leading girl scouts.

OMG. I am so sick of ignorant asses whipping this shit out. What made the situation with the Catholic Church so fucking horrifying wasn't because they were gay- many of those molesters were straight men. What made it horrifying was that they were entrusted to be the most moral people and to act as a conduit between…

I know you're trying to be fair and funny, but my mom was a Den mother for years. If these boys can learn to listen to their mothers at home, there is no reason why they can't learn how to tie a knot with one.

Tico:

I've always felt like religion sets up a system where people who believe in god are also led to believe they or their loved ones are the most important people on Earth (or every person, whatever religion or personal ethos). On the flip side, atheism favors a belief that humans are relatively unimportant and so we…

It is so exhausting reading about how hard straight, white guys have it.

Exactly! And we have a right to question and criticize one receiving a shitload of state and federal funding while discriminating.

"Our newly elected president [former CIA Director Robert Gates] said it best: We've done what we are going to do on this issue for now. We need to now focus on retooling our movement and to grow. And I don't think there's any interest in addressing gay adult leadership at this time. And for a while. I think the…

I am an Eagle Scout and have multiple degrees in the study of religion and anthropology. I am also an atheist. While I never openly admitted this while earning my Eagle, I doubt that it makes me a less worthy candidate than those leaders making such decisions about this, who are less well informed. The current…

Not brave enough to look someone in the eye and say "Look, there is no research or confirmation to the idea that adult gay leaders are any threat to young scouts; that is bigoted nonsense and is not welcome here."

Right. Just brave enough to rub two sticks together, not brave enough to question why they can't "rub two sticks together".

They studied the issue and see no problems. Then they took a vote and decided to punt and not address it.

Totally fair, and everyone else is allowed to point out how hypocritical and backwards it is.

So all gay people have AIDS?

"There just has to be something more important than you."

The BSA should have it's non profit status removed and be treated like the country club down the street.

How do they explain to a 17 year-old Eagle Scout that despite earning every merit badge over the past 12 years, when you become an adult you aren't "fit" to be a leader in the same organization if you're gay (unless you lie about it). Seems the BSA needs to reconcile leadership development and moral development to be…

YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A GOD...