Conservatives Warn of Backlash If Boy Scouts Admit Gays

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[zinnia_rose]

CRY MOAR.

[cindyanne1]

Oh for the love of... GRRR!

I get so angry when people automatically make the jump from gay to pedophile. My own mother is like this. My husband's cousin and his partner adopted several children, and there was an article in the paper written about them talking about the unique challenges they were facing since same-sex marriage isn't legal in Ohio, and I was telling my mother about all of it and how happy and proud I am of them, and my mother spoke up and said, "They're not going to... do anything... to those kids are they?"

I was so angry I couldn't see straight for several minutes. Seriously, what the hell do you say to someone like that? :(

[cindyanne1]

I know right? And they're never ever pedophiles either. :|

[romp]

People are specifically taught that. I didn't realize it was still a thing until last year. I tried to explain to someone that a man being attracted to MEN did not in any way suggest he was attracted to children. She was beyond help however.

[that_therapist]

*sigh*

[amyura]

Silly, but I had such great memories of scouting that I was so glad when I found out my kids are girls, because I can unambiguously support the GSA.

Also, I fucking hate when people bring up "reverent" and "morally straight" as incompatible with being gay. Plenty of religious people are either gay themselves or 100% support equality.

[layweed]

P. sure the only thing that will happen if the BSA admit openly gay members is that..........the BSA will have openly gay members. surprise, surprise.

The only "backlash" will come from homophobic parents yanking their kids out of the BSA because OH TEH HORRORS TEH GAYZ WILL INFECT OUR PRECIOUS!