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@ethang5
Too many yeah, but do you know the percentage? I don't think it's that high. No scoutmaster I know is a sex abuser and I'm an Eagle Scout.; been in scouting since 4th grade.
What are you citing here? What part of the conversation does this have to do with? How does it involve homosexuality?Men are not allowed into women's restrooms.
The law you sited requires "purient intent." It is not a blanket ban on men in women's locker's/restrooms.So you can enter one and there will be no problem till you exhibit some purient intent?
Then do you retract the claim?Why would I? It was illegal in America till just a few years ago, and it is still illegal in some countries. Child welfare administrators still routinely prohibit single men from adoption. Thosevalidate my case.
You have consistently claimed that the law applies to heterosexuals but not homosexuals.Some laws yes.
Homosexuals say so too. That is what they argued about gay marriage. They claimed gays were not able to marry whom they loved. They called the law unequal.
Now, if as you say, the law was fine equitable, why did we need to change the laws on marriage? Even you observed that the law was exactly the same for all men, gay and straight.
See, when it comes to marriage, you want the sexual orientation of the person taken into account. But when it comes to pedophilia, suddenly sexual orientation means nothing.
The law as always assumed men were attracted to women. This is why homosexuals had to fight for equal rights in marriage because there was no law for them, there was no law for people sexually attracted to their own gender.
This requires discrimination based on sexuality.No sir, it only required silence from ignorance. The law was not discriminatory, there was simply no law.
Otherwise you have to concede that the law currently does apply to homosexuals in the same way it applies to heterosexuals.The amount of faith you have in your thinking ability is not justified. If the law applied to both equally, there would not have been the social outcry for marriage rights, or a bunch of states now rushing to establish laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman.
You can pretend that you can walk into a woman's restroom and there would be no problem if you think that would help your argument, that is s obviously false I need say nothing in rebuttal.I have reality on my side. The reason for our current reasonable restrictions, is due to our natural sexual attraction for the opposite gender.Now that we have homosexual out in the open and freely expressing their homosexuality, we need new laws that, just like the marriage laws, take into account who homosexuals are attracted to, and the risks that poses to children.
The BSA, terrified of being labeled homophobic, used age and gender instead of sexual orientation to achieve the same goals as a law that protected children from homosexual pedophiles.Of course, that will not protect children in the BSA. There will still be sex abuse cases, because they are still holding on to the PC illusion oromagi spelled out in his wonderful posts.The nation's ethos has moved past the BSA. Scouting will die out in America. It will then have sex scandals in other countries and the process of falling away will repeat there.
--> @oromagiIf sex abuse is so rare in BSA, then how come the organization went bankrupt with all these accusations? I mean, the Catholic church has them too, but they aren't bankrupt.
I found several in less than 5 minutes. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1301187001
Govt. publications are always the first to change to reflect PC thinking. For you, PC thinking is "mainstream". But so what? Logic is a better guide to what is correct than political correctness. Tomorrow, the Journal of Pediatrics might be calling pedophilia wonderful, and appealers to authority like you will fall right in line.
And the declining membership, sex abuse cover-ups, and the withdrawal of the Mormon church was caused by the admission of gay scout leaders. Even the church says so.
How do you know how much male on male sex actually takes place when women aren't available?
This is the same delusional PC idea that homosexuality is somehow more virtuous.
Soon the PC lemmings will come in, and for half, I will be a pedophile, and for the other half, a homophone, but none will address the issues. And after they drown me out from sheer yelling, will consider they cancelling a "win".
I didn't make a thread about your loony conspiracy theory of a secret homo pedo cabal infiltrating the BSA over the last 100 years to "murder" the organization from the inside.If you were not interested in loony conspiracy theories then you would not have made this thread about your loony conspiracy theory of a secret homo pedo cabal infiltrating the BSA over the last 100 years to "murder" the organization from the inside.
Some scout masters you know may be abusers. They tend to hide the fact that they are abusers.No scoutmaster I know is a sex abuser and I'm an Eagle Scout.; been in scouting since 4th grade.
Not according to anything you've cited.
According to the law, yes.
You have consistently claimed that the law applies to heterosexuals but not homosexuals.
[Citation Needed]
Said law applied to heterosexuals as well. Two heterosexual men could not get married under that law.
Because the existing law was unconstitutional and unconstitutional laws should be removed.
I do not want any law to take into the account of the sexual orientation of the person.
There are no laws at all for anyone based on sexual attraction.
That's my point. The law does not discriminate based on sexual orientation. Ergo there can't be a law that affects one person of a sexual orientation but not another.
Clearly false because the law did apply to both equally and there was still the outcry.
We do not.
open admission of homosexuals will necessarily result in open admission of homosexual pedophiles and thereby increase the risk to Youths.
The only way to eliminate risk would be to eliminate the program.
However, we are talking about potential offenders for which existing law and existing regulation is not an impedance.
They joined and committed their offenses without regard for the existing prohibitions.
The idea that some potential offender wanted to join the BSA to commit offenses but was restrained by existing prohibition is completely nonsensical.
The only people deterred by the prohibition are the people who care about the prohibition in the first place! We're talking about people who care about rules and order and are willing to follow by them.
Frankly, the idea that a homosexual person is an inherent risk simply because of their homosexuality is offensive.
You can count on me to refrain from calling you a pedophile
Exhaustive personal field studies.
Men are not allowed into women's restrooms.Not according to anything you've cited.The criminal law I cited mentioned restrooms specifically.
So you can enter a women's restroom and there will be no problem till you exhibit some purient intent?
According to the law, yes.Good luck with that. You don't sound like a peeping tom at all.
You have consistently claimed that the law applies to heterosexuals but not homosexuals.Some laws yes.
Citation provided. The law assumes that people of the same gender would not have purient intent.
Even you observed that the law was exactly the same for all men, gay and straight.
Because the existing law was unconstitutional and unconstitutional laws should be removed.First, let's note that you are now calling a law you said was exactly the same for all men, unconstitutional.
Second, what law was removed? No law was removed for gay marriage.
And Third, in what way was the law unconstitutional? The only way you could call it unconstitutional is if it should have taken homosexuality into account.
I do not want any law to take into the account of the sexual orientation of the person.Then you must be against gay marriage. Because other than sexual orientation, there was no reason to change marriage laws, or think it was unconstitutional.
Are you against gay marriage? If not, why not?
There are no laws at all for anyone based on sexual attraction.What do you think purient intent is?
We do not.And yet you say that the implementation of [the BSA] Youth Protection Program in the 80's was a good step in the right direction. How so?
Because all the new laws did was to make it harder for men with a sexual attraction to male children to abuse them.
And in fact, as fueled by the crisis of homosexual pedophilia, that is exactly what the new laws were supposed to do.If we needed new laws in the BSA, why do we not need them in the general society? Are boys at risk only in the BSA?
open admission of homosexuals will necessarily result in open admission of homosexual pedophiles and thereby increase the risk to Youths.This is an uncontestable truth. Male homosexual pedophiles come from the pool of male homosexuals, and as they don't wear signs, we cannot let one in without also allowing the other.And history has borne out this truth. We now have hundreds of abuse cases in court, and hundreds waiting to file.
The only way to eliminate risk would be to eliminate the program.This is a lie. There would be no sexual risk to boys if there were no male deviants who are sexually attracted to their own gender.
What you mean is that there is no politically correct way to eliminate the risk.
And this is how political correctness is detrimental to society. It makes people deny real risks if acknowledging those risks violate PC dogma.So we have the lives of hundreds of children being crushed, and the PC yahoos are advocating for inclusion of MORE males with a sexual attraction to males. Really?
However, we are talking about potential offenders for which existing law and existing regulation is not an impedance.Exactly! Because when the laws were made, homosexuals were considered an insignificant factor.
They joined and committed their offenses without regard for the existing prohibitions.They were able to join because homosexual pedophiles were not barred, and committed their offenses because they had a sexual attraction to boys.
The idea that some potential offender wanted to join the BSA to commit offenses but was restrained by existing prohibition is completely nonsensical.That is your argument in praising the new rules and regulations. My argument is the opposite. It will do nothing to safeguard boys.
The only people deterred by the prohibition are the people who care about the prohibition in the first place! We're talking about people who care about rules and order and are willing to follow by them.All of this is moot if men with a sexual attraction to males are barred from being boy scout leaders.
Keep the people who don't care about rules and order and are unwilling to follow by them out, and there will be no violations.
Frankly, the idea that a homosexual person is an inherent risk simply because of their homosexuality is offensive.What is offensive is this sanctimonious stance when you know and have acknowledged that every sexual orientation has inherent risks to someone.
Men have been traditionally restricted from women because of heterosexual sexual attraction. That you are willing to be obtuse about is immaterial.
But not gender. It restricts why you can enter a restroom, not who.
"Peeping Tom" implies purient intent.
It does not.
I call it unconstitutional because it violated the constitution.
There are no laws at all for anyone based on sexual attraction.
sexual interest or arousal
There are other kinds of abuse than sexual.
Then take it up with your local senator
All prior to the open admission of homosexual leaders
The only way to eliminate risk would be to eliminate the program.
I didn't say "sexual" risk. I said "risk."
That is not what I meant to say, no.
Homosexuals are no more an inherent risk to boy than heterosexuals are.
They have no desire to comply with them.
They were, in fact barred.
They were able to join because they did not reveal their sexual orientation.
Given the number of cases from the time when homosexuals were barred from being leaders, the issue is most certainly not moot.
How do you propose to do that?
Which does not mean a person with a given sexuality is prone to sexual abuse.
Men have been traditionally restricted from women because of a lot of outmoded social concepts about gender roles.
Question to Drafterman: Why do you think homosexual pedophiles hid their sexual orientation?Drafterman: Because they did not want to be barred.Question to Drafterman: Why did they think their sexual orientation would cause them to be barred?Drafterman: Because of the stranglehold religious organizations had on the BSA.