Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Boy Scouts of America

I am stunned that the Boy Scouts may drop their homophobic guidelines.  It reminds me of a conversation I had while working at Hamilton.  Two of my closest colleagues are/were conservative Republicans.*  As controversy erupted in 2007 about the Boy Scouts anti-gay policy one of them remarked that the controversy was ridiculous.  The other - seeing me as a reasonable liberal (if there were such a thing) - said, "Steve, I'm sure you support the Boy Scouts."

I responded, "Absolutely not.  They discriminate   Saying they do good things but, yeah, they discriminate doesn't change things.  It's like saying the Klan promoted family  values.  That killing negroes part was just a side issue."


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