State Lawmakers Mix Scouts With Sexual Politics

[Kadie]

Apr 16, 2010 11:22 am US/Pacific
State Lawmakers Mix Scouts With Sexual Politics

SACRAMENTO (AP) ― Minority Republican lawmakers sponsored a resolution this week honoring the 100-year anniversary of the Boy Scouts. This being California, the political equivalent of a school-yard brawl broke out.

Democrats ultimately killed the resolution after criticizing the Boy Scouts for excluding homosexuals. Predictably, Republicans became indignant and accused Democrats of defaming a cherished American institution.

It didn't end there.

Democrats had introduced a resolution of their own honoring the Girl Scouts and included language that noted the organization does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

That drew yet more indignation from Republicans, with one GOP lawmaker accusing Democrats of improperly introducing sexuality into what should have been innocent proclamations of support for the two iconic youth groups.

"I would love to honor the Girl Scouts," said Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Laguna Niguel. "I just don't understand why this chamber wants to sexualize children."

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1. I think Harkey jumped the sharkey

"I just don't understand why this chamber wants to sexualize children."

There's a big difference between introducing sexual politics and "sexualiz(ing) children."