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Scouts: Support the Boy Scouts Against Increased Attacks: Know the Real Facts view the .pdf | note: all footnotes are included within the .pdf March 2001 by Toni Meyer, Sr. Research Analyst for the New Jersey Family Policy Council Since the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Boy Scouts have the right to determine the requirements for being scout leaders, homosexual activists have mounted an all out assault on scout troops in the state and on the local level in an attempt to force them to change their position. The latest of these attacks is an effort by the NJ Department of Education to get the state school board to include “sexual orientation” in its anti-discrimination policy. In effect, this would forbid school districts from renting space to the Boy Scouts and even some religious groups, because they teach that homosexuality is morally unacceptable. Not only would this violate the equal access law, but even the NJ Chapter of the ACLU has said that the state can not prohibit local school districts from renting their public facilities to any particular group, even groups with discriminatory policies because “It’s a principle of free speech” . Therefore, homosexual activists should not be allowed to continue to attack a private organization whose mission statement includes being “morally straight” by dragging them through more legal battles even after their position has been vindicated by the highest court in our land. In further defense of the Boy Scouts, there is a great need to clarify two very critical misconceptions that people have with regard to homosexuality, and in turn with the Boy Scout’s policy stance. The first misconception involves equating homosexuality with an immutable or unchangable characteristic. For example, the change being considered by the state school board about renting public space would equate “sexual orientation” to a list of unchangeable characteristics such as race, sex and color. The fact is that it has never been proven by scientific research that homosexuality is either inborn or unchangeable . So, on what basis do we give up our right as a society to hold a moral stance against the practice of homosexuality? And on what basis do we instead accept, embrace, or be “tolerant” of homosexuality as something our children should be taught to view as an innocuous alternative lifestyle? Parents have the right to expect that when they send their young boys to participate in a scouting program that teaches them how to be men, that the leaders can be trusted to reflect and reinforce the healthiest sexual and moral values as well. Secondly, there is valid scientific justification for the Boy Scout’s policy of excluding homosexuals from being scout leaders, and for parents and community leaders to have legitimate concern about their boys spending time alone with openly homosexual scout leaders. Various research statistics show that a significantly greater percentage of homosexual men sexually abuse young boys compared to the percentage of heterosexuals who sexually abuse young girls . This and other disturbing statistics are documented in the latest publication of Dr. Judith Reisman, a world-renowned researcher of homosexuality, expert witness before the attorney general’s commission on pornography, and author of “Kinsey, Crimes & Consequences. Based on U.S. Dept. of Commerce statistics for 1991 (a comparable base year), 17 to 24% (est.) of all boys under 18 were victimized by homosexuals and about 25% (est.) of all girls under 18 were victimized by heterosexuals. Since the heterosexual male population outnumbers the homosexual male population by about 44 to1, these child sexual abuse data reveal that homosexual males commit a sexual abuse on a child about 40 times more OFTEN than heterosexual males. Although all homosexual males do not sexually assault boys, there is a vast pederast boy abuse subculture within the homosexual male population that commits multiple, repeated child sex offenses. In fact, the latest July 2000 U.S. Department of Justice statistic shows that 64% of forcible sodomy victims are boys under 12 years of age. We must speak up in support of the Boy Scouts to our community leaders and not allow them to be unfairly and unethically pressured to go against their standards. For 91 years, the Boy Scouts have been a safe haven for young boys, keeping them off the streets and out of mischief, and have taken a clear moral stance that provides important protection and guidance for our young people. To allow them to be denied the support they need or public privileges they are entitled to, because of that stance, would be a total disservice to, and a potentially dangerous decision for, society and our local communities. 730 Words. RECORD of PRINTING IN NJ PAPERS: 1.
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