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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
What EXACTLY do you not agree with, concerning TL's SOF?
Is their language so strict that there isn't any wiggle room at all?
As for the BSA, I don't understand how if a little boy thinks he is gay and decides to speak about it would make a situation so unbearable for a grown Christian man that he must leave the BSA.
Imagine if all the straight Christian men decided to not be with the BSA.
What role models would be available for the wayward boy?
The root of these knee-jerk reactions by self-righteous Christians is rooted in their belief that there is a special place in hell for homosexual offenders.
Homosexuality is sin, but it won't get one to hell any quicker than being a thief, liar, or murderer.
Now the gay Boy Scouts have one less Christian influence in their lives, and we all know that the BSA is overflowing with homosexual boys wanting to play "let's go camping"-- creating a situation where no straight Christian male can possibly maintain his holiness.
Even if the teenage sinner in BSA doesn't repent in front of you, the seeds of life you could be planting may grow later in that sinner's life, but they won't grow if they are never planted.
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The SoF requires signatories to affirm the trinity.
Thank you for the rant and rhetoric, however that is all water under the bridge and I'm riding an inner tube and have no paddle...
At the end of the day, after considering all our options, our group made our decision on principle. Continued participation in BSA would render tacit approval of their decision to embrace views conflicting with THEIR OWN CREED AND TRAINING MATERIALS, plus conflicting with our take on morality.
Also in our consideration was an estimation of the likelihood for further policy change in the immediate future to allow homosexual adult leaders. We felt that the May decision is constituted in a way that will invite lawsuits, followed by the aforementioned policy change from partial to full acceptance of the homosexual agenda.
My problem is that I'm a oneness man working with a trinitarian group, and they are headed someplace I cannot go.