Bigoted Family Wants the Boy Scouts to Remain Anti-Gay: VIDEO

Keith and Katherine Goode have been "blessed" with a "quiver full" of 10 children.

Five of their seven boys are in Boy Scouts. The rest of them, while not in the Scouts, have been dragged into a heinous video for the Family Research Council demanding the Boy Scouts uphold its pledge to be "morally straight" by not allowing gay scouts and leaders.

Says Keith: "It's not fair. If we have one openly homosexual boy, where do we tent him? Who has to sleep in his tent? How do we handle his needs? Suddenly it's becoming unfair to all the other boys to have to change.

Says Katherine: "I'm not going to put my boys in that situation to have to deal with those decisions."

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And, supposing studies that suggest famlies with a large number of brothers and sisters make it more likely that one of the younger brothers is gay are correct, what are the odds that at least one of those kids in Goode's "quiver" is gay? Probably pretty good.

50-Year Scouting Veteran Resigns Over Gay Ban: VIDEO

The Boy Scouts of America is losing some of its most loyal members over its policies against gay scouts and leaders. Members like Bill Moser, a Clarksville Boy Scout leader who has been involved in scouting for more than 50 years.

Said Moser in a letter of resignation:

“I have been actively involved with Scouting for over 50 years, and my personal experience with Scouting has reinforced my belief that helping youth is a key to building a more conscientious, responsible and productive society. Teaching or practicing intolerance IS NOT in the Scout Oath or Law. The Scouting Trail begins in the 1st Grade with the Tiger Cub program and ends at age 18 for youth participation.

I personally do not believe a 6-year-old boy has a clue about sexuality. I also believe the policy advocated by the Middle Tennessee Council which would require Scouts who discover they are gay to either resign or violate the 1st Scout Law (Trustworthy) is WRONG.”

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Los Angeles Boy Scout Chapter Calls for Gay Scout Leaders; Utah Officials Will Vote Their Conscience

With the Boy Scouts final vote on the gay ban approaching on May 23, more chapters are taking stands over the issue.

The western Los Angeles County branch is breaking with the national organization and calling for the BSA to accept gay scout leaders, Reuters reports:

The council, which represents more than 14,000 scouts and ranks as the nation's 14th-largest scouting chapter, called for the Texas-based youth organization to go further by welcoming gays into the ranks of its adult volunteers as well.

In issuing its declaration on Tuesday urging a "true and authentic inclusion policy," the Los Angeles group joined at least two branches in New York state that have pushed for allowing gays to work as troop leaders or staff members...

...Alan Snyder, chairman of the board for the Western Los Angeles County Council of the Boy Scouts, said the members of his chapter's board have for more than a year discussed what should be its stance on the role of gays.

"We're hoping that by being visible on the issue, we can encourage others to have the temerity to join us," Snyder said.

And Great Salt Lake Council officials say they will allow their 15 members to "vote their conscience" on the issue rather than vote as a bloc:

"This morning, the Great Salt Lake Council unanimously passed a motion to allow each of our 15 voters to vote their conscience as to what is in the best interest of our youth members, the council and the BSA," the Council said in a statement. "We will work closely with our Scouting family and remain totally committed to Scouting’s mission and delivering our quality programs to more than 100,000 members and leaders."

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the largest sponsor in the nation, with the Boy Scouts making up a large part of its youth program.

LDS Church officials have said in a statement they are "satisfied" with the latest BSA proposal to allow gay youths but exclude gay adults.

Family Research Council on Boy Scouts: Gays are 'Not Clean' and Will 'Come On' to Other Scouts - VIDEO

Right Wing Watch has posted a highlight reel of Family Research Council's 'Stand with Scouts Sunday' hatecast. Earlier I posted clips featuring Rick Perry and Rep. Steve Palazzo.

The reel features two Boy Scouts talking about gays.

Says one of the Scouts: "In the Scout law, one of the points of the Scout law is that a scout is clean...Homosexual acts are not considered clean in the Boy Scouts."

Another says: "Me at 11 or 12 and having my buddy come on to me. I wouldn't have known what to do at that age. Especially if it were an older scout who I would look up to."

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Congressman on Boy Scouts: Gay Rights Being 'Crammed Down Their Throat' - VIDEO

Another guest on the 'Stand with Scouts Sunday' webcast was Rep. Steve Palazzo (R-MS), who called for the removal of "the agitators" trying to "corrupt" the Boy Scouts.

Said Palazzo:

“The Boy Scouts are actually being bullied worse than any group or organization that has ever been bullied before. They've been intimidate, they're being extorted...they're being harassed. At the end of the day they're also being ridiculed... If America cannot support the Boy Scouts...then what do we stand for as a country? [The Scouts must] “remove the agitators who are trying to corrupt the Boy Scouts of America and bend to popular culture.”

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Rick Perry: Boy Scouts Must Not Allow Gays, 'The Flavor of the Month', to Destroy Them — VIDEO

The Family Research council yesterday held a webcast yesterday called 'Stand with Scouts Sunday' on which Texas Governor Rick Perry appeared, warning viewers that the "pop culture" of homosexuality threatened to "tear apart" the Boy Scouts' value system, Right Wing Watch reports.

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