Midtown Residents Speak Out on Boy Scouts' Gay Ban
Some Midtown residents are saying that they hope the Boy Scouts lift their ban on gays but it shouldn't be forced to do so. One Decatur resident said if the organization does lift the ban, it's "another round won by the devil."
Midtown residents are speaking out about the Boy Scouts' consideration of lifting its ban on gay members and leaders. For the last 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America have banned gays from joining their ranks. On Feb. 6, the organization announced that it would delay until May its decision to either continue enforcing the ban or to admit gays, which has sparked both outrage and praise from parents and those involved with Scouts. Midtown residents voiced their thoughts on the issue on Midtown Patch Facebook and Midtown Patch Twitter: Billy Cochran leads Gay Fathers of Atlanta, which meets in Virginia-Highland at the Ponce de Leon branch of the Atlanta-Fulton County Libraries and at All Saints Episcopal Church in Midtown. He said that while…
steve tenace
9:25 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
As young boys go through scouting, maturing from childhood to adolesence to being a well developed young man, many will feel the uncertainty or doubt of their developing masculinity somewhere in this process; and this is exactly where scouting has helped thousands of young boys mature into fully developed heterosexual men. The homosexual "troop leader" will argue of course that this young boy "IS… more ›