Conservatives manufacture another controversy

Dan82 · May 5, 2011

Former Nixon adviser and convicted felon Chuck Colson [URL="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-activists-bullying-the-boy-scoutsrites[/URL]:

I’ve been warning you that the current push to legitimize homosexual conduct and so-called gay “marriage” represents today’s greatest threat to religious liberty. I’ve told you about attacks against iPhone apps for the Manhattan Declaration and Exodus International, as well as a boycott of Chick-fil-a.

Their crime? Supporting marriage as only between a man and a woman and having the temerity to not support so-called gay “marriage.”

The Boy Scouts’ politically incorrect stands on homosexuality and atheism have long put this great organization in the extremists’ cross-hairs, and now the pressure is getting even more intense.

The Scouts prohibit open homosexuals from serving as leaders. That’s because the organization believes that “homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the obligations in the Scout Oath and Scout Law to be morally straight and clean in thought, word, and deed.”

How’s that for straight talking, friends?

But now, in the St. Louis area, parent associations working with the public schools are severing ties with local Scouting groups rather than face the risk of lawsuits alleging—you guessed it—discrimination based on sexual orientation.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in March, the Missouri PTA advised all of its 420 member units to stop hosting charters with the Boy Scouts because the agreements put them in legal jeopardy.

An official with the state PTA said the advice to local associations is not a criticism of the Scouts but rather flows from the liability issue. The official said, “We’re not telling them, you absolutely can’t. “We’re saying, it’s not in your best interest to do that.” A Scouting spokesman, however, says insurance provided by the Boy Scouts would preclude any financial or legal jeopardy to PTA sponsors.

But for cash-strapped schools and PTAs, just the threat of a lawsuit is enough to get them to abandon the Boy Scouts. And the gay-rights groups know it...

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-activists-bullying-the-boy-scouts
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The thing is the original article makes it clear that the issue has nothing to do with gays; but rather it's that the Boy Scouts legal structure puts sponsoring groups at risk financially and the PTAs don’t want to take that risk.

here's the original article:http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_9c18d5ea-2557-5733-8262-efc6dc14fd91.html

The long-standing relationship between Boy Scouts and public schools is under stress across the St. Louis region, as parent associations are scrutinizing — and in some cases even severing — ties with the organization.

Parent groups in Rockwood, Webster Groves and the Fort Zumwalt districts have tackled the issue, which is as much about concerns over legal liability as it is over the Boy Scouts' convictions about gays and atheists.

Last month, the Missouri PTA issued a statement advising all of its 420 member units to cease hosting charters with the Boy Scouts because the agreements put them in legal jeopardy.

"We're not telling them, you absolutely can't. We're saying, it's not in your best interest to do that," said Wendy Jackson, the state PTA's president, who stressed that the move was not a criticism of the Scouts but rather a protective business decision.

In the greater St. Louis area, 39 Parent Teacher Associations — or PTAs — sponsor Boy Scout charters, while 152 Parent Teacher Organizations — or PTOs — hold such charters. (PTOs operate independently of the Missouri PTA.) Many of those charters include both Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops, and some include Venture Crews...

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_9c18d5ea-2557-5733-8262-efc6dc14fd91.html
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Conservatives manufacture another controversy

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