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‘It’s Not a Hate Thing’: Boy Scouts Face Monumental Loss After Choice to Allow Openly-Gay Members

June 5, 2013 at 11:38pm

In reply to Slipstick.

@THEOTHERBEREAN:

Then tell me how a young boy/men can “strip” the sin from his life. Tell me what we should do with him, when he approaches a trusted adult and tell him or her about the strange feelings he has. He has never asked for them. He did never choose to have them. They’re burden to him. He don’t want to feel this way.

So, what would you do with him? Put him in jail? Boot him out of your church or the BSA? Separate him from his peers? Put him in a cage? Put him in a hospital? Treat him like being contagious?

You could do this, but please don’t call yourself a Christian because you’re taking the Lord’s name in vain.

If someone is struggling with feelings he or she doesn’t want to have but still wants to live a life worthy before God it is our obligation to help him or her in every possible way to do that.
‘It’s Not a Hate Thing’: Boy Scouts Face Monumental Loss After Choice to Allow Openly-Gay Members

June 4, 2013 at 11:25pm

In reply to Slipstick.

@THEOTHERBEREAN:

It’s not a feel good thing in any way. Sinful behavior won’t be accepted in my church as well as in the BSA. You have to live by the rules. And those rules are far more than only about any sexual behavior.

If a teenager or an adult are having an issue with same sex attractions it’s NOT a sin. It can become a sin however if they start to act upon it.

That is exactly why people with same sex attractions are welcomed to actively participate in my church as long as they commit themselves to restrain from acting upon their urges. That goes for any sinful behavior of course. And as far as I understand the new BSA rules they see it the same way.

So tell me how it can be wrong to accept the problems and issues a young man may have as well as himself as a child of God but encourage him to live a live according to God’s will?
‘It’s Not a Hate Thing’: Boy Scouts Face Monumental Loss After Choice to Allow Openly-Gay Members

June 3, 2013 at 11:35pm

In reply to Slipstick.

@THEOTHERBEREAN:

There is no slippery slope. The decision made by the BSA allowed boys and young men who have issues with same sex attraction to join in all activities of the BSA as long as they adhere to the high moral principles of the BSA. They will be judged by their behavior and not by who they are.

I myself I’m a leader of the Young Men in my church’s stake. It’s not the BSA but very similar when it comes to the moral standards we hold dear. I would never ever bar a boy from participating in any activity only because he has issues with same sex attraction. The same goes for any leader.

However all boys, young men and leaders have to adhere to the standards and truths of our church. Any behavior has to be in line with these standards.
‘It’s Not a Hate Thing’: Boy Scouts Face Monumental Loss After Choice to Allow Openly-Gay Members

June 3, 2013 at 9:06am

In reply to Slipstick.

@BFUNK:

You think they should have continued the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that had already been in place.

So you really think being a hypocrite is better than being honest ?
‘It’s Not a Hate Thing’: Boy Scouts Face Monumental Loss After Choice to Allow Openly-Gay Members

June 3, 2013 at 9:04am

In reply to Slipstick.

@BFUNK:

You think they should have continued the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that had already been in place.

So you really think being a hypocrite is better than being honest?
Boy Scouts of America Vote to Allow Gay Members

May 24, 2013 at 11:50pm

In reply to german_viewer.

@RBYERLY:

I’m not dreaming. I’m reading what the BSoA issued. If boys join who have issues with same sex attraction they can join and participate in all activities as long as they vow to hold up the principles set forth by the BSoA.

It’s the same as in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). They have a strong stand when it comes to family values. But of course there are members with same sex attractions. They can participate in every single activity within the church and hold any office if the live by the standards set forth by the church.

And that’s the important difference: You cannot choose how to feel but you can choose how to (not) act.
Boy Scouts of America Vote to Allow Gay Members

May 23, 2013 at 11:13pm

What I think is abhorrent is not the new policy of the BSA but the comments of some people here.

BSA allowed people who feel or are gay or suffer from same sex attraction to be active members of the scouts IF they vow to live by the principles set forth by the BSA.

This by the way is the reason why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) is acknowledging this policy change.

Does a young man choose to feel same sex attractions? Most certainly not. So what then is the logic behind banning him from participating in healthy and wholesome activities with peers?

Would you ban people with down syndrome from participating because they are different and didn’t fit in that well?

(Almost) nobody choose to feel same sex attractions. But everybody choose how he acts or doesn’t act on those feelings. People should not be judged by how they feel but on how they act.

This is exactly what the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) said in its statement today. And I wholeheartedly agree.
The Inspiring Story of What an Arizona Cop Did to a Teen She Found Walking 9 Miles

May 15, 2013 at 11:05pm

I live in Germany so maybe I missed something:

A curfew? Government prohibiting people from being outside of their homes? Has the U.S. suddenly become a dictatorship? Are you serious?
Injured Hispanic Custodian Sues School After Not Being Able to Read English Warning Sign

May 10, 2013 at 11:47pm

This is so disgusting. They work in the U.S. and they live in the U.S. So: Learn English or choose another employer!

It’s so getting on my nerves. I live in Germany in we have the same problem with immigrants mostly from Turkey. Most of them are legal citizens. But many (not all of course) still refuse to learn proper German. But they always complain how they can’t find a good job. You don’t say, what a surprise.

But instead demanding all people to speak German well enough to be able to find a good work, especially public employers begin to advertise in Turkish or even give out contracts in Turkish.

The result? Those people have no incentive at all to learn German.

I wouldn’t blame nationality or race or something like that. You’ll always find good and bad people in every nation. But truth is that here in Germany especially people with a Turkish background are the most demanding.

In my church there is a man from Mexico. He came to Germany to study at the local university. He brought his wife and his children to Germany as well. His courses at the university are in English. But of course the first thing he did was to learn German. It’s not even a year and he speaks fluently. At first I was communicating with him in English but he always wanted to try to speak German. That’s the way it should be.

So instead of immigrants demanding to get contracts and stuff in their native language we should demand of them to learn the language of the land.
The Best Video of a Fuel Heist Gone Wrong You Will See All Day

May 1, 2013 at 1:22pm

I live in Germany. Here you ALWAYS pay after filling up your tank. Fuel heist are quite common in Germany.

I just don’t understand why German gas stations wouldn’t use the American way of getting gas: Pay at the pump or deposit an amount of money with the cashier. Fuel heist would be over in a day.

Apparently there are not enough fuel heists here in Germany for the gas station owners to rethink their strategy. I guess the same goes for Australia.