Update: Gov. Perry: Boy Scouts should keep no-gay policy
Source: AP
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry said emphatically Saturday that the Boy Scouts of America shouldn't soften its strict no-gays membership policy, and suggested that bending the organization to the whims of popular culture is wrong.
Perry is an Eagle Scout and in 2008 he authored the book "On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For." It detailed the governor's deep love for the organization and explained why it should continue to embrace traditional, conservative values — including excluding openly gay members and scout leaders.
America's longest-serving governor addressed the Texas Scouts' 64th annual Report to State, where hundreds of Scouts from around Texas filled the state House of Representatives to announce their delegation's recent accomplishments.
Perry has addressed the gathering several times before, most recently in 2010, but not since the announcement the Scouts national leadership is mulling scraping the mandatory exclusion of gay members. Instead, the group could allow different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining the exclusion or opening up their membership.
Read more: http://www.reporternews.com/news/2013/feb/02/gov-perry-boy-scouts-should-keep-no-gay-policy/
Cross-posted in Texas group at http://www.democraticunderground.com/10785844 .
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Society's failure to adhere to the organization's core values was a cause for high rates of teen pregnancy and wayward youth who grow up to be "men joining their fathers in prison."
Welcome to DU! 
somebody might alert on that picture these days, 
but also with a laugh. 
I realize that there were alerts on gay-bashing recently, but hopefully we can keep a sense of humor over a familiar picture from the last election and note that the jabs are being made on Rick Perry (although there are billions of other ways to criticize him). I also intentionally avoided posting that picture or mentioning the other tidbits in Perry's history to be sensitive to the LGBTQ audience.
Please be nice to each other and realize that we are a community sharing information and hopefully having some fun on a Saturday afternoon. 
On edit: I see that the post was hidden and accept the decision by the jury. Please keep it civil.
I was on a jury recently that had some gay-bashing overtones in a thread and voted to hide the post because I considered it to be insulting and demeaning. I'm dealing with depression myself, so if anything I am probably over-sensitive to any triggers that might provoke someone to do something detrimental.
The photo is what it is--a man eating a corn-dog and it was run in mainstream media so it wasn't considered overly provocative. Unfortunately many added the sexual innuendo to the photo, even here on DU.
I will also emphatically agree with you that there is nothing wrong with being gay.
BTW, why have you assumed that I'm straight? 
Obviously this thread is on a sensitive topic. While I do not know the person that posted the photo, I suspect that he was being silly/humorous and it was a 4-2 decision to hide. As I stated above, I anticipated some backlash over the photo and was trying to mitigate the damage but the jury did their job before I posted my response.
Peace!
when my brother intended to wear his scouts uniform to church... he did som under heavy controversy. The pastor considers it some sort of cult. Not that I ever did. It's still a religious organization. and I don't entirely like this thing being forced on the Boy Scounts. Because of the separation of church and state 
The statements he made today only serve to confirm that observation. 
There were some allegations about nine years ago that were never proven.
However, whether he is Governor Asshole or Hypocritical Govenor Asshole is known only to authorities higher than me.
Note: The last clause of the prior sentence should be taken to have multiple meanings.
