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It may not be surprising to some that groups and organizations across the country that are so openly opposed to “bullying” are so adept at it. Politically correct groups advancing the same-sex agenda are pervasive in their denunciation of bullying against those who are “different” yet seem to have mastered the practice against those who don’t share their beliefs. The recently announced review of the Boy Scouts of America policies, which reject avowed homosexuals from membership, provides a case study in collective bullying and intimidation of a quality organization dedicated to instilling character in its members.
Bullying, broadly defined, is the “use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others. It can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. If done by a group, it’s referred to as mobbing.”
Bullying has occurred, and does still occur for various reasons, and should be proscribed as socially unacceptable behavior universally, at all levels. If universally applied, denunciation of the groups engaged in bullying of pro-family organizations should be as vociferous as against individuals who engage in bullying against those who are “different.” But in the hypocritical and duplicitous world of political correctness, bullying is not only condoned, but encouraged against groups that advance traditional values.
To some, bullying is clearly acceptable, as long as it’s politically correct. Significant corporate and non-profit sponsors and supporters of Scouting have withdrawn their support, including financial, in order to bully the BSA into complying with the radical pro-gay agenda. AT&T, Ernst and Young, Intel, Merck & Company, United Way, and others have curtailed or discontinued their support to the tune of millions of dollars. The financial component takes bullying to a whole new level.
It seems an interesting dichotomy that an organization that itself is so committed to anti-bullying within its ranks, would become the target of bullying by those who profess to support the same commitment. All the more inscrutable when we realize that less than 3% of the total U.S. population is homosexual. “Tyranny of the minority” is no longer theoretical. It is a political and social reality as verified by the bullying actions against the Boy Scouts.
A decision on the organization’s ban on gay members was delayed by the 75 member executive board. The delay until May will allow the 1,400-member National Council to decide whether to continue the ban or give in to the bullying tactics, allowing local units to decide for themselves. Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock said, “the proposal to end the ban came about as outside forces put pressure on the Scouts to address its policy on gays.” Even the possibility of reversal of national policy diminishes the perception of the safety and well-being of Scouts as a top priority to the organization.
In 2000, the Supreme Court upheld the BSA, that the constitutional right of association allows a group to exclude a person from membership when “the presence of that person affects in a significant way the group’s ability to advocate public or private viewpoints.” Clearly the agenda of the politically correct crowd is antithetical to Scouting’s core values.
Just last July, the executive board of the BSA had announced their determination to keep the ban in place by saying it was “absolutely the best policy.” But two members of the executive board, James Turley, CEO of Ernst & Young, and Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, have been engaging in their own bullying of other board members to weaken the resolve to maintain the ban.
What’s at stake is the emotional and physical welfare of over 2.7 million young men in the Scouting program. Currently, even with some infractions of leader/Scout contact policy, over 98% of Scouts feel “safe” within the Scouting organization, according to a Harris poll a few years ago. Statistically, that’s probably much higher than how many young people feel safe in their own homes.
Rescission of the ban clearly places those young men at risk. In a peer-reviewed research piece printed in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers Marie E. Tomeo, Donald I. Templer, Susan Anderson, and Debra Kotler, made some striking conclusions. The abstract to their research, Comparative Data of Childhood and Adolescence Molestation in Heterosexual and Homosexual Persons, states, “In research with 942 nonclinical adult participants, gay men and lesbian women reported a significantly higher rate of childhood molestation than did heterosexual men and women. Forty-six percent of the homosexual men in contrast to 7% of the heterosexual men reported homosexual molestation.” The likelihood of significantly increased pederasty involving those 2.7 million young men is virtually assured if the BSA yields to the corporate and politically correct bullying that threatens their core values.
For 103 years, the Boy Scouts have perpetuated a tradition of building moral character and inculcating values that contribute to a conscientious, responsible and moral society. That rich and venerable history is now threatened by the bullying techniques so decried and denounced by the very groups now bullying the Scouts.
Rather than create their own programs based on their own “values,” morally relativistic organizations seek to destroy that which is good; based on solid, everlasting principles. Their success in forcing their conformist political correctness is unraveling the social mores of our cultural fabric, strand by strand.
AP award winning columnist Richard Larsen is President of Larsen Financial, a brokerage and financial planning firm in Pocatello, Idaho, and is a graduate of Idaho State University with a BA in Political Science and History and former member of the Idaho State Journal Editorial Board. He can be reached at rlarsenen@cableone.net.
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Just say NO to the Homosexuals and their EVIL agenda.
Satan is working over time with this select group of Evil people
to further another Sodom & Gomorrah in the USA no matter how they
try to make their lifestyle acceptable or normal it is not.
They have 2 choices Repent from their Sexual Sin or keep on the road
to Destruction. Genesis 13 : 13 But the men (Homosexuals) of Sodom were
Wicked & Sinful before the LORD Exceedingly.
I have never known of a boy who claims to be “homosexual” who was not sexually molested at a younger age by an adult male. Adult males guilty of such molestation are labeled paedophiles, and punishable by law for their molestation. “The Franklin Cover-Up, Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska” by John DeCamp provides details of child abuse that is conducted by organizations, the roots of which led to the U.S. White House. Such child abuse is a wide-spread activity, and was only superfically touched by the Penn State investigation. Just as asst. coach Sandusky used his charitable organization, the Second Mile, to identify potential victims, other paedophiles – perhaps associates of Sandusky – want access to the Boy Scouts to identify potential, young male victims 6 to 8 years old. Paedophiles are known to have a rule to abuse a boy by the age of eight. Sodomy is an acquired behavior, and is not inborn. Nor do abused children ever forget their emotional suffering. Even after adapting to a heterosexual life adjustment.
Parents and grandparents must unite and demand that the Boy Scouts of America maintain its high standard of decency. Sexually maladaptive, adult paedophiles must be kept out of the Boy Scouts of America, also uncovered and prosecuted as often as possible. In my dealings with hundreds of parents of children, I have never encountered any who wanted their son to be sexually abused and deprived of a natural, heterosexual future. Such is the intent of paedophiles wanting access to the male children of the Boy Scouts of American. STOP THEM !
I find it incredible that those who cannot live up to the Scouts Honor Code have the timidity to public admit they are not capable of forming their own parallel organization to compete and compliment the scouting traditions…..snivelers are of little use to this country.
If the scouts cave on this issue to political correctness, it will be the end of the Boy Scouts.
if the BSA caves on this i will return all awards, badges etc accumulated over time as a scout, troop commiteeman, chairman of the troop committee as this new organization will not be the worthy of having the name and tradition that scouting represented to me—i have spoken to my son (an eagle scout) and informs me he will do likewise—–as for the the two ceos on the board putting pressure on the organization to cave SHAME ON YOU—you don’t deserve to be associated with scouting using your monetary muscle to pressure this fine organization to your p/c front for your business face—GET OFF THE BOARD you are an offense to scouting— to the ceo of at&t although we are insignificant part of your business my wife and i plus my son,his wife and his children will all trade in our at&t instruments and cancel our contracts with you company and will pass this on to anyone else we can convince to do the same—we know this so miniscule your company won’t even know it but we will feel better
Thank you for standing up for some thing you Cherish & Love and it is TIME all Americans to Stand Up against this EVIL Regime and the Evil they want to Force on Society. As a Christian I will talk Loud & Clear against it.
Whether intentional or not, any member on the board of the Boy Scouts of America who supports the alleged “homosexual” equalization of membership, is contributing to paedophilia. Former asst. coach at Penn State, Sandusky, could have received a sentence of 442 yrs. The judge stopped with 30 to 60 years, knowing that at age 68, Sandusky is imprisoned for life. Folk acquainted with paedophiles in prison may suspect that fellow prisoners will assist Sandusky with euthanasia, for which possibly others in the Penn State community also qualify.
Sandusky and associates engaged in paedophilia at Penn State for over twenty years, abusing the allegedly charitable organization, “Second Chance” to gain access to youthful victims. Their professional colleagues covered up their abuse, which has ruined Penn State, and cast deserved distrust on similar sports programs around the US. We may readily surmise that similar, evil groups of adult men are similarly engaged at many other locations around the US. They can be readily removed from membership on Boy Scout Boards, and grandparents and parents may unite to carry out this goal. All parents with a son who thinks he is homosexual should acquire the assistance of a reliable psychologist to clarify the son´s experiences. Considering historical, human behavior, the more aggressively a Boy Scout board member pursues homosexual equalization of membership, the more likely such a person supports paedophilia. Grandparents can no doubt provide encouragement to any weak-kneed offspring who are concerned with the evil concept of political correctness, should it interfere with the safety of their grandchildren.
Stand your ground. There is no place in scouting for homosexuals.