Comments on: History of the Unknown Scout

By: mandyf

mandyf — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:36:21 +0000

Reblogged this on LGBT Nation.

By: fakename2

fakename2 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:05:26 +0000

In reply to Bob. Bob, your story breaks my heart, and says far better than I did what I was trying to say.

By: Jason Walker

Jason Walker — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:47:05 +0000

Great post! Thanks for reading mine, as well.

In answer to Bob’s question above my comment: Yes, I believe the Scouts are still relevant, which is why their decision is so regrettable.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:15:09 +0000

I never was a Boy Scout, and I have no reverence for the organization as others do. My son was a cub scout and I was the pack chairman. My son chose not go into the Boy Scouts, He was gay, although he had not outed himself at that time. I know that he did not feel welcome in the scouts, as no gay person was welcome there. He killed himself when a senior in college.

There’s no moral to this story, The Scouts can go their own way. I believe it has come to the point that most people don’t care. Are the Scouts relevant, anymore?

By: spencercourt

spencercourt — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:13:54 +0000

I don’t know anything about those “other” boys groups but I’d not be surprised that one reason the kids liked the scouts was because of those para-military uniforms. Compare them to what the Brownshirts wore…very striking similarity.

By: HankeringforHistory

HankeringforHistory — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:22:03 +0000

In reply to Sven.

Thanks for stopping by Sven! But for your sake, I hope that there are no gays in your children’s schools or churches. Most church youth groups span from 12-18 year old… lock-ins, summer camps, mission trips… That is A LOT of unsupervised alone time with kids of all ages and sexual orientation.