[15816] in APO-L
Re: APO/BSA membership differences
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Fri Dec 13 18:12:25 1996
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 18:09:46 -0400
Reply-To: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
From: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01ICXMROSVHE8WX1V5@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, High Lord of Chaos wrote:
> > The San Francisco Bay Area Council has changed council policy on gays so
> > that simply being gay or lesbian is not grounds for dismissal as either a
> > leader or a scout.
> > "But the Bay Area Council has adopted a policy that doesn't call for the
> > expulsion unless the Scout or Scout leader engages in public homosexual
> > conduct or advocacy"
> I hope people see this reply before going berserk (especially Mark) but
> this is incorrect, and a retraction should be in the paper, if not already,
> soon. The media has once again screwed up and reported the facts
> incorrectly. I happened to speak to the Field Director in the district
> here (interviewing him for a paper I'm doing tonight), and asked him
> about it. What has happened, is that the BSA has a program in school,
> and I forgot the name of it, but because it is a school program the BSA
> cannot exclude homosexuals because it is separate from BSA.
The name of the program is Learning for Life(LFL). Learning for life has
always been open to all students, because it is run by teachers within
the school system. Whether BSA has enforced a no gays in the teachers
leading it is unclear.
> > However "A spokesman from Irving, Texas where the Scouts have their
> > Headquarters said the (national) policy had remained unchanged."
> This is correct. BSA has not changed its policy regarding homosexuals,
> or atheists (the topic of my paper).
> > The entire article is from the San Francisco Examiner and is available at
> > http://www.examiner.com. Search on December 10th for scouts.
Please (re)read the article. Simply restating the Nat. BSA policy on LFL
would have zero chance of getting United Way to resume funding. There
would have to be a fundamental change. Also if the story was completely
wrong, National BSA would have denied it completely rather than
redirecting inquiries to the local council.
YiLFS
Randy Finder
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