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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