Scott Walker opposes the Boy Scouts decision to allow gay scout leaders

[Jazzy]

The Boy Scouts of America voted Monday to end their ban on gay scout leaders, and Scott Walker isn’t happy about it.

The Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential candidate, who has been involved with the organization since childhood, spoke out against the decision on Tuesday in an interview with the Independent Journal Review.

“I have had a lifelong commitment to the Scouts and support the previous membership policy because it protected children and advanced Scout values,” Governor Walker said, citing his own Eagle Scout status, the involvement of his two sons, and his wife’s position as den mother.

Walker’s comments have drawn criticism from gay rights activist groups such as the Human Rights Campaign, which called for Walker to renounce his statement and apologize on the grounds that his remarks were “offensive, outrageous, and absolutely unacceptable.”

"His comments imply that we represent a threat to the safety and well-being of young people,” said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, in a statement.

Walker, who is said to be the most polarizing governor in the country, is revered by the far-right and despised by the far-left for his aggressively conservative agenda. In a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey, 6.4 percent of 400 self-identified Republicans surveyed chose Walker as the 2016 Republican presidential candidate.

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Thoughts about his comments?

 

[DrLeftover]

I was a Boy Scout for 30 years.

From Cub Scout, through Eagle, then ended up as a Scoutmaster and on a troop committee for awhile.

I can still say the Scout Oath, and not be lying.

The Boy Scouts of America, Cannot.

Scout Oath (or Promise)

On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

http://www.scouting.org/Home/BoyScouts.aspx

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Question? Can female and I mean real females not the mentally ill ones that feel like they are females be scout leaders for the boy scouts? Anyways I do not think if I was a parent would I want a heterosexual guy being a scout leader for my daughter so that would be the same for a gay man being a scout leader for boys. But for a gay guy being a scout leader for girls I do not think I would have a issue with that and vice versa for girls.