Boy Scouts Troop Leader lets pray the gay away.

[doggie]

well this guy is is starting soon. Gays are just like thieves and praying will fix it. Too bad counseling can't fix idiots like this. :angry-banghead: :disgust:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/0 ... 62233.html

The Boy Scouts of America officially began accepting gay youth participants on New Year's Day, but apparently not everyone is embracing the change to the long-controversial membership policy.

Texas-based troop leader Thom Fairleigh sparked local controversy over comments he made in an interview with The Highlander in which he implied that gay scouts were akin to criminals. In addition, he said he was able to maintain sponsorship from First Baptist Church of Marble Falls by agreeing to refer gay scouts to counseling if they came out.

"It’s just like if a boy came to me and said he’s a thief," Fairleigh, leader of Marble Falls Troop 284, is quoted by the publication as saying. "In Christian love, I would say, ‘You’ve got a problem and that we definitely will not approve of it’ and we would send him to get pastoral counseling.â€

As Raw Story pointed out, Boy Scouts of America Capitol Area Council spokesperson Charles Mead told local news channel KEYE that Fairleigh’s position conflicted with the organization's policy, noting that Scout leaders should always "direct questions of that nature back to the family."

Of course, it's hardly the first eyebrow-raising claim to be made in reference to the Boy Scouts after the organization first announced it would permit gay youth scouts to participate last year.

The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer, whose anti-gay declarations have become a near-weekly staple of his "Focal Point" radio show, told listeners last year that the Boy Scouts' debate was a “suicide mission†and would undoubtedly lead to pedophilia, Right Wing Watch first reported.

"Male homosexuals offend against [male] children at roughly 10 times the rate that heterosexuals offend against young children," Fischer said at the time.

[gustava]

Remove the troop from that church ASAP.

[PennySycamore]

Remove the troop from that church ASAP.

And remove that Scout Master from leadership.

[Chowder Head]

Remove him as a leader , then remove that troop from the church, sheesh the stupid

[Miggy]

Do most Boy Scout groups in the USA meet in church halls? I have read about lots of groups having to change their meeting place now that Boy Scouts accept gays and I am wondering if most scout groups meet in church halls or if it is just a few but they are screaming loudly enough in the media to make it seem like a lot. (Does that make sense?) Scout Troops in Australia meet in Scout Halls. I have never heard of any group that meets in a church so this has me puzzled.

How does the church and scout group even balance out the use of a hall? Our church has groups meeting at the hall six nights a week (music practice, teen youth, young adults, etc.) and our scout group has meetings four times a week (Joeys, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers). Where do they store their equipment? About a quarter of our space at the scout hall is dedicated to canoes, kayaks, tents, climbing equipment, etc.

[wildcatgrrl]

Do most Boy Scout groups in the USA meet in church halls? I have read about lots of groups having to change their meeting place now that Boy Scouts accept gays and I am wondering if most scout groups meet in church halls or if it is just a few but they are screaming loudly enough in the media to make it seem like a lot. (Does that make sense?) Scout Troops in Australia meet in Scout Halls. I have never heard of any group that meets in a church so this has me puzzled.

How does the church and scout group even balance out the use of a hall? Our church has groups meeting at the hall six nights a week (music practice, teen youth, young adults, etc.) and our scout group has meetings four times a week (Joeys, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers). Where do they store their equipment? About a quarter of our space at the scout hall is dedicated to canoes, kayaks, tents, climbing equipment, etc.

A lot of them do, as do some Girl Scout troops. The church closest to my house sponsors a Cub/Boy Scout pack and hosted up to five GS troops at one time (including the one I led before going back to work outside the home and college took all my extra time) but now only hosts two GS troops. The church has a Scout room where troops can store things, though I always got the feeling it was more for the boys since the church actually chartered them. Anything that didn't fit in the room would be stored at the leaders' homes or homes of troop parents with extra space.

That's not to say there are never conflicts. My GS troop met in the large hall in the basement for a year and then the following year we were told we had to choose a different room or meeting time (the gym was the only one big enough) because the Boy Scouts changed their meeting time to the same as ours. I guess they got priority because the church actually officially chartered them. We stuck it out in the gym for that year because we had no other place but left after that to hold meetings at the new leader's house. My son's Cub Scout troop and the associated Boy Scouts meet at a AmVets (American Veterans) Hall.

[PennySycamore]

My hometown had a Scout Hut just down the hill from the old elementary (grammar) school and the junior high. One of the houses we looked at in '89 had a Scout Hut practically in the backyard. I don't know where Scout troops in the vicinity currently meet though.

Miggy, I think it's sweet that the littlest Aussie Boy Scouts are called Joeys!