NY Post:Eugene Delgaudio Right: New Gay Policy Will Cause Scouting's suicide
NY Post:Eugene Delgaudio Right: New Gay Policy Will Cause Scouting's suicide
As predicted by Public Advocate's President Eugene Delgaudio, The New York Post editorial says:
"Imagine that a group of girls is going on a long camping trip, supervised by adult volunteers who are young men you barely know. Would you let your 15-year-old daughter go?
Nearly every parent, I think, would recognize the folly, even though the men might well be models of good behavior. Why should our common-sense response be any different if the 15-year-old is a boy and the possible, even if not-likely-to-be-acted-on, sexual attraction of the adult supervisors is homosexual rather than heterosexual?
Sadly, in the face of intense pressure from ideologues, the Boy Scouts of America are reportedly on the verge of abandoning their long-held policy against gay scout leaders. Among the many corporations facing petition campaigns from gay activists, Merck and UPS recently announced that their charitable foundations would no longer contribute to the Boy Scouts."
Read the full article at: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/scouting_suicide_9S9YLKtL6cmB9yZLmG908L