Mother won't let son join boy scouts due to anti gay policy

[Baltimatt]

Smokey--

So, do you think gay men and straight women should be barred from the Boy Scouts?

[Smokey 1]

Smokey--

So, do you think gay men and straight women should be barred from the Boy Scouts?

No, but I believe as a private organization that is a decision that they have a right to make.

[SalisburySage]

Are you going to discuss the topic, or are you going to prove you can't make arguments because you can only do personal attacks?

Debate the topic or stay out of my topic, becaues your posts violate the rules here.

In order to debate a topic the original poster must proffer something to debate. Posting a link to this story doesn't cut it. There's nothing to debate, except how lame you are.

[sigmalady]

In order to debate a topic the original poster must proffer something to debate. Posting a link to this story doesn't cut it. There's nothing to debate, except how lame you are.

How right you are. The only possible debate topic from this is whether this mother has the right to decide whether her son can join the Boy Scouts

[betamanlet]

Do you recall all the venom directed at the girl in the girlscouts who wanted people to boycott girl scout cookies because they admitted transgender "girls" to the girl scouts?

[sigmalady]

Do you recall all the venom directed at the girl in the girlscouts who wanted people to boycott girl scout cookies because they admitted transgender "girls" to the girl scouts?

No, I don't remember that.

[Mom49of4]

Nor do I.

[RavensGrrl]

Think about it. You are told by the state that your child has to be educated up to16, and soon to 18. Because it's a "good idea" doesn't take away from the fact you are being told how to raise your child.

There are also laws that prevent you from spanking a child. That is telling you how you can raise your child.

heyyy, can you link me to these laws that prevent someone from spanking their child? thank you!

[betamanlet]

No, I don't remember that.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient...9dc676f220bf41

Take your pick.

[Baltimatt]

Boycott of Girl Scouts because of supposed ties to Planned Parenthood

Boycott of Girl Scouts because of admitting transgendered girls.

[sigmalady]

heyyy, can you link me to these laws that prevent someone from spanking their child? thank you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpora...nt_in_the_home

United StatesDespite some opposition to corporal punishment in the United States, the spanking of children is legal in all states.[21] Bans have been proposed in Massachusetts[22] and California[23][24] on all corporal punishment of children, including by parents, but these moves were heavily defeated.[25]

[betamanlet]

Spank your child in public. Make sure to have bail money.

[RavensGrrl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpora...nt_in_the_home

thank you!

so i guess i won't be getting any kind of link from beta.

[Mom49of4]

That is not always true.

[sigmalady]

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient...9dc676f220bf41

Take your pick.

Looks like that fight started with the 'righties', so I I guess you have no problem with that.

It doesn't really have any thing to do with this topic, since the author isn't asking anyone to do anything.

[betamanlet]

That is not always true.

Would you want to take the risk though?

http://www.newser.com/story/121377/j...-daughter.html

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2...ted_for_s.html

http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=584225

(good grief, look at the guy!)

[Norman]

Hmmm....pulled down pants and underwear and spanked repeatedly and it wasn't his relative, yeah, ok, that's exactly the same as "Spank your child in public. Make sure to have bail money."

[sigmalady]

Would you want to take the risk though?

http://www.newser.com/story/121377/j...-daughter.html

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2...ted_for_s.html

http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=584225

(good grief, look at the guy!)

From your last link:

When reached for comment on the case, Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd said Phelps was charged because “If you don’t have permission to do something like that on a minor, that is a criminal matter.” He says the child was not a blood relative of Phelps, but Todd believes the families were friends.

[Mom49of4]

A police officer told my disrespectful teenage son a few years ago that if I decided to beat his butt he would have to accept it.

[Bmoreteacher]

The thing is if the BS allowed gay scout leaders the first time one molested a scout they would be sued out of existence.

Sued for what? Would the same be true for straight scout leaders?