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Gothmog

(156,277 posts)

12. This policy needs to be changed

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 02:56 PM

Jun 2012

A large number of BSA leaders have been working from inside BSA for a long time to try to get this policy change.

The major stumbling block is that the Mormons have threatened to pull out of BSA and to form their own youth organization if the policy is changed. Mormons only account for less than 5% of the population but LDS units and scouts are 15% to 20% of the units and scouts in BSA.

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DU Poll - Should BSA end its anti-gay policy? [View all] RKP5637 Jun 2012 OP

Of course they should end their anti-gay policy ... Auggie Jun 2012 #1

Oops, I fixed it. Thanks! RKP5637 Jun 2012 #8

Your poll question and question in the subject line are totally different... cynatnite Jun 2012 #2

Yes the question and poll don't match SoutherDem Jun 2012 #7

Oops, I fixed it. Thanks! RKP5637 Jun 2012 #11

Oops, I fixed it. Thanks! RKP5637 Jun 2012 #9

should they? yes..will they? no. madmom Jun 2012 #3

They absolutely should, but will they? racaulk Jun 2012 #4

Won't vote because you're asking 2 different questions....Will they or should they.... Rowdyboy Jun 2012 #5

Oops, I fixed it. Thanks! RKP5637 Jun 2012 #10

No problem at all...thanks for fixing it because I'm happy to go on record..... Rowdyboy Jun 2012 #16

They definitely should end that policy. MineralMan Jun 2012 #6

This policy needs to be changed Gothmog Jun 2012 #12

Of course they should! I don't understand why they have such a policy in the first place. mysuzuki2 Jun 2012 #13

Today, it seems to me BSA has become a RW training tool. I had a good RKP5637 Jun 2012 #17

The BSA is literally controlled by the LDS obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #21

The original scouts, the UK Boy Scouts, allow gays and atheists Taverner Jun 2012 #14

This Eagle Scout says yes. aikoaiko Jun 2012 #15

I agree too as an Eagle Scout. Not too long ago I was getting email RKP5637 Jun 2012 #18

I'm on talking terms with a state level BSA big wig... aikoaiko Jun 2012 #19

I'm hopeful. Many must be beginning to realize people are RKP5637 Jun 2012 #20