Boy Scouts doing "about-face" on homosexual policy - time for a boycott on the Boy Scouts?

Big Pharma and Big Tobacco each have had their day, and may again, but one pro-family group says there’s another increasingly aggressive and powerful juggernaut in America: “Big Gay.”

Bryan Fischer, director of issue analysis for the American Family Association, told WND in an interview, “‘Big Gay’ has become the biggest, baddest, boldest bully on the block.”

He was reacting to news that the Boy Scouts of America is considering reversing its ban on homosexual scouts and leaders.

“This is a critically important issue,” he said. “Our hope is that the Boy Scouts will hear from so many Americans of good will that they will strengthen their resolve to stand up to the lobby that is using an aggressive agenda to get their way.”

In a call to action on the American Family Association website, which reaches millions, pro-family supporters are urged to contact the Boy Scouts before a final decision is made.


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The Boy Scouts of America’s apparent decision to reverse a century-old policy to bar homosexuals from its ranks coincides with a sudden drop in major corporate funding that began last summer after a gay-rights blogger for the Huffington Post published a collaborative report that named the donors and chastised them for violating their own policy of not discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.

At the same time, two prominent board members – including an adviser to the Obama White House – were carrying out a vow to change the policy from within.

Published in collaboration with The American Independent, the report called out Intel, United Parcel Service, United Way, Merck and others for contributing to an organization with a stated policy of banning homosexuals from membership.

The report came less than two months after the BSA affirmed its policy at the conclusion of a two-year examination of the issue by a committee of volunteers convened by national BSA leaders.

The Boy Scouts’ national headquarters in Texas said it is not granting interviews at the moment but invited questions submitted by email. Questions posed by WND were not answered, however.


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