My son was born in 2000. The very same year that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America could decide who represented their organization, including the discrimination against gays both as leaders and as members. Back then, his “mama” and I were staunchly anti-scouting because scouts were staunchly anti-homosexual. Yet 7 years later, as a single mother, I found myself proudly signing my second-grader up for cub scouts.
I am fully aware of the scouts’ beliefs and attitudes toward homosexuals. There is a big part of me that abhors the notion that the organization believes that being gay is contrary to the scout oath to be “clean in word and deed.” While there are many things in my life that would probably not be considered by many to be clean in word and deed, I do have a very strong moral and ethical base—one that I hope to pass along to my child.
A great read written by a mom, who is a lesbian, about her decision to enroll her son in the Boy Scouts.
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