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A Boy Scouts troop leader in Marble Falls, Texas, is under fire for comparing gay Scouts to criminals and suggesting that hed refer them to counseling. Austins KEYE-TV reports:
Troop leader Thom Fairleigh was commenting about a reported agreement with the First Baptist Church of Marble Falls. The agreement would allow the church to continue to sponsor the troop after the Boy Scouts of America voted to allow gay scouts.
Fairleigh was quoted as saying, Its just like if a boy came to me and said hes a thief in Christian love I would say youve got a problem and that we definitely will not approve of it and we would send him to get pastoral counseling.
Fairleigh was quoted as saying, Its just like if a boy came to me and said hes a thief in Christian love I would say youve got a problem and that we definitely will not approve of it and we would send him to get pastoral counseling.
A spokesman for the Scouts Capital Area Council told KEYE-TV that Fairleighs statement doesnt reflect the Scouts policy. The station contacted Fairleigh, but he declined further comment.
In related news, the Houston Chronicle reports that 30 churches in the Houston area have dropped sponsorships of Boy Scout troops in response to the BSAs decision to allow gay youth, which took effect Jan. 1.
More at http://www.lonestarq.com/30-houston-area-churches-left-boy-scouts-decision-allow-gay-youth/ .
Cross-posted in the Texas Group and the LGBT Group.
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Boy Scouts troop leader in Texas compares gays to criminals, says he’ll refer gay Scouts to counseli (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jan 2014
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JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)1. May the forces of history roll right over him.
Quickly.
alp227
(32,025 posts)2. Thom Fairleigh sure misses Lawrence v. Texas, huh?
Oh yeah, you know which OTHER countries share his viewpoint?
Uganda, Russia, and Iran!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. Creepy
What a jerk.