Liberal Bigots vs. The "Evil" Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts Still Under Heavy Fire
David Limbaugh
Friday, June 4, 2004

One of the most outrageous injustices occurring in our society is the
homosexual activists' relentless assault on the Boy Scouts of America
(BSA), all because the BSA will not conform its standards to
accommodate their lifestyle. It's not enough that even the liberal
United States Supreme Court ruled in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
that the Constitution guarantees the BSA's right to exclude
homosexuals from leadership positions in its organization. Homosexual
activists will not take no for an answer. Their brand of tolerance
insists that no tolerance be accorded the Scouts.

Forget the BSA's constitutional right to freely associate with
whomever they please. No one dares to withhold approval of the
homosexual lifestyle lest they invite the unquenchable wrath of
homosexual activists who, ironically, insist their aim is to prevent
hatred.

Have we turned our backs on traditional morality so completely in this
country that we won't even stand up for one of the last remaining
groups that has the unwavering integrity and fortitude to resist the
onslaught
against decency so rampant in our popular culture?

How many times have you heard people, your own friends and
acquaintances, lament the demise of our moral fabric? Yet when that
rare group fights to preserve traditional values we mostly sit idly by
as the culture unleashes its vengeance against it.

Ever since the Dale case, the homosexual lobby has redoubled its
efforts to cripple this fine organization through sheer bullying
tactics and intimidation. When will those who appreciate the work of
the Scouts begin to speak up on their behalf and denounce and perhaps
even boycott those organizations conspiring to hasten their
capitulation to the culture?

No, homosexual activists and some of their political supporters will
not be denied. In Madison, Wis., the Boy Scouts volunteered to assist
with the city's Fourth of July celebration in exchange for a modest
donation. But the Madison City Council passed a measure to compel the
organizers of the fireworks display not to donate to the Boy Scouts
because of the BSA's "anti-gay" stance.

Though it is not a city-run event, the council felt justified in
intervening because the city contributes $60,000 toward it. Councilman
Steve Holtzman said, "This is an inclusive event, and we simply will
not support organizations that have a discriminatory policy." The
mayor disagrees, saying, "It sends a terrible message. I think for the
city to be dictating where the funds go is a little presumptuous."

In keeping with their character, the Scouts said they would
nevertheless help with the event, even without the donation. But such
graciousness will not take them out of the line of fire. This is a
war, and the homosexual lobby seems to have plenty of allies.

Take the United Way in Portland, Ore., for example, which cut off
$150,000 in funding to some 53,000 inner-city children because the Boy
Scouts help them with a number of activities. United Way chapters in
other major cities have also severed ties with the Scouts, including
San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Madison, Sacramento,
Hartford, Seattle, Dallas, Tucson, Providence, Santa Fe, Miami,
Portland, Maine and Portland, Ore.

There's more. The city of Berkeley, Calif., denied the Sea Scouts free
berthing rights at a local dock because of their relationship with the
BSA. The California Supreme Court decreed that state judges working
with the Scouts must not sit on any case involving homosexuals.

The state of Connecticut prevented its employees from using their
voluntary payroll deductions to donate to the Scouts, though they have
been among the eligible beneficiaries of the state's charitable
program for more than 30 years. And get this, when the Second U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the right of the state to
discriminate against the scouts, Judge Guido Calabresi blistered the
Scouts in a footnote to the ruling, essentially saying the state could
make the scouts "pay a price" for their position on homosexuals.

A federal judge ruled that the city of San Diego could not lease
public park land to the Scouts because they were a religious
organization. Keep in mind that the Scouts fervently deny their aim is
to promote religion. But since they do promote traditional values,
which some in the popular culture find offensive, they have now been
deemed a religious group.

Is that the point at which we've arrived in this nation: Any group
that adheres to Christian values will be speciously classified as
religious? Can you think of a better way to secularize a society by
coercion?

I simply don't understand the silence from those who say they support
the Scouts.

Have we turned our backs on traditional morality so completely in this
country that we won't even stand up for one of the last remaining
groups that has the unwavering integrity and fortitude to resist the
onslaught against decency so rampant in our popular culture?

How many times have you heard people, your own friends and
acquaintances, lament the demise of our moral fabric? Yet when that
rare group fights to preserve traditional values we mostly sit idly by
as the culture unleashes its vengeance against it.