Lesbian ex-den leader takes petition to Boy Scouts calling for reinstatement

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Lesbian ex-den leader takes petition to Boy Scouts calling for reinstatement

The lesbian den leader who was dismissed by her local Boy Scout troop this year delivered a petition calling for her reinstatement to the organization's headquarters Wednesday.

Jennifer Tyrrell, who was the leader of a Bridgeport, Ohio, Tiger Cub den, brought 300,000 signatures collected by Change.org to the Boy Scouts' national office in Irving, Texas.

"Along with those 300,000 signatures were tens of thousands of comments from scouts -- current scouts, former scouts, across the board -- who disagree with the decision to keep this policy in place," she told CNN's Don Lemon.

Tyrrell's 7-year-old son, Cruz, is no longer a scout.

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The organization's director of public relations released a statement after Tyrrell submitted the petition.

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"The Boy Scouts of America works to treat everyone with courtesy and respect," Deron Smith said in the news release. "Today, representatives from the BSA accepted an online petition from Jennifer Tyrell (sic) and her family. This is the second time the petition has been delivered to the BSA. The discussion was mutually cordial and very respectful. The BSA values the freedom of everyone to express their opinion and believes to disagree does not mean to disrespect."

On Tuesday, the Boy Scouts announced that the group has affirmed its policy of "not granting membership to open or avowed homosexuals."

The organization's leaders reached that decision after a nearly two-year evaluation and will take no further action on a resolution that has sought a change in policy, it said in a news release. It had said last month that it would consider a resolution asking that local units be allowed to determine their own standards.

BSA's chief scout executive and national president had created a committee of volunteers and professional leaders to evaluate the policy.

"The committee's work and conclusion is that this policy reflects the beliefs and perspectives of the BSA's members, thereby allowing Scouting to remain focused on its mission and the work it is doing to serve more youth," the statement said.

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But Tyrrell wanted proof of the committee's findings -- and didn't get it.

"During our meeting I asked for proof of this two-year, 11-person committee," she told Lemon. "I just wanted to see some records, saying where's the proof that people want this. And they couldn't produce it or wouldn't produce it."

In a written statement, the executive committee of the BSA National Executive Board said, "While not all board members may personally agree with this policy, and may choose a different direction for their own organizations, BSA leadership agrees this is the best policy for the organization and supports it for the BSA."

The deputy executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Darlene Nipper, issued a statement calling the decision "deeply disappointing."

"Once again, officials of the Boy Scouts of America have turned their backs on a chance to demonstrate fairness, exercise sound judgment, and serve as a role model for valuing others, free of bias and prejudice," she said. "This is deeply disappointing. Discrimination is never the right policy, period."

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Tyrrell told Lemon that just because the petition was delivered doesn't mean the fight is over. People can still sign it, and her effort to be reinstated will continue until "we win," she said.

"I don't think it was their intention to personally disrespect me. Unfortunately, it's just a policy that we need to update a little bit," she said.

"I love Scouts as everybody probably knows by now. Cruz loves Scouts and we don't have any ill feeling toward the Scouts. We just wanted to be included."

She added that she doesn't want to cause grief and is not going to sue.

The exclusion of openly gay members goes for scoutmasters, too. A 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision found that a New Jersey law requiring the national organization to readmit an openly gay scoutmaster infringed on the organization's First Amendment right of expressive association.

"Forcing a group to accept certain members may impair the ability of the group to express those views, and only those views, that it intends to express," then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote. He added that the decision was not meant to approve or condemn the Scouts' membership policy.

The Boy Scout organization, which celebrated its centennial in 2010, says it is focused on mentoring 2.7 million young men and helping them develop life skills. It has more than 1 million adult volunteers, according to the group's website.

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Lesbian ex-den leader takes petition to Boy Scouts calling for reinstatement

The deputy executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Darlene Nipper, issued a statement calling the decision "deeply disappointing."

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"National Gay and Lesbian Task Force"? wth is that? I'm guessing it looks something like this....

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"National Gay and Lesbian Task Force"? wth is that? I'm guessing it looks something like this....

They would make a good IRS swat team

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This stupid woman is nothing more than one of those agenda fiends who feels the need to drag anyone and everyone along for her cause, including fvcking up her own children in the process by dragging them into it.

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You can smell a lawsuit coming - again.

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I don't know, it seems like Lesbians might make good Boy Scouts.

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Or they will make good les scouts.

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one post removed for tos violation:

- Post Content intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a broad demographic or group of people identified by a unifying trait or characteristic (discrimination). For instance, racist or sexist content may be considered hate speech.

" identified by a unifying trait or characteristic"

Who wouldn't be covered under that?

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" identified by a unifying trait or characteristic"

Who wouldn't be covered under that?

Friendly suggestion: If you take issue with the language in TOS, you're better off addressing it in Site Discussions.

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Friendly suggestion: If you take issue with the language in TOS, you're better off addressing it in Site Discussions.

Actually I have in the past gone there for clarification with no response.

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Actually I have in the past gone there for clarification with no response.

Lately, the discussions there have been good. Moderation usually responds (more so than in the past) and other members are almost guaranteed to chime in with useful (or not so useful) opinions.

Give it a shot. It's not the old VJ anymore.

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The scouts have paid out millions in sexual molestation claims over the years even with their policy of no Homosexuals.

DO men become scout masters in the Girl scouts? That would seem risky as hell too?

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Former Boy Scouts file $21 million suit for alleged abuse in the 1970s by notorious Portland child molester Steven Terry Hill

Four former Boy Scouts filed a $21 million lawsuit Wednesday against the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to protect them from a known child molester in 1976 and 1977.

Wednesday's lawsuit brings to a total 10 former members of Portland's Troop 76 who have filed suit based on accusations that they were molested by former Scoutmaster Steven Terry Hill. Two of the former Scouts have settled.

The suits, which all have been filed by the Portland firm O'Donnell Clark & Crew, claims that Hill was allowed to transfer to Portland from the Bay Area in 1976, despite reports that Hill had abused boys there. The suit alleges that the Boy Scouts of America was aware that child molesters had infiltrated its ranks, but the organization failed to report the molesters to police and failed to protect children.

Attorney Steve Crew said that after Hill abused the 10 Portland boys and was charged with arson in 1977, he left the Scouts. Crew said Hill started a driving school and an adventure club so he could attract new victims. In 1979, the Scouts sued Hill in order to prevent him from portraying his adventure club as associated with the Scouts, Crew said. But it wasn't until 1988 that the Scouts opened an "ineligible volunteer" file on Hill -- meaning he was officially no longer allowed to work with Scouts, Crew said.

Hill was not convicted of molesting any Scouts, but he was convicted in 1991 of sexually abusing youth from the driving school. He served about 20 years in prison, and was released in April 2011. He is now 62, and lives in downtown Portland, according to the state's predatory sex offender registry.

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The Oregonian’s continuing coverage of Steven Terry Hill, who is accused of abusing Boy Scouts in the 1970s.

Boy Scouts of America spokesman Deron Smith offered this response to the suit:

"The abuse of anyone, and especially children, is abhorrent and intolerable - especially to the Boy Scouts of America, for whom the protection and safety of youth is paramount. BSA extends its sympathies to any victims of these types of crimes and their families.

Since criminal charges were filed against Hill in 1977, he never returned to Scouting. After becoming aware of Steven Hill's crimes, Scouting took action to prevent Hill from being associated with Scouting, including filing a lawsuit.

In the nearly 35 years since these events, the BSA has continued to develop and enhance its efforts to protect youth including developing effective screening of volunteers, establishing clear policies that prohibit one-on-one contact between adults and youth members, and developing rigorous youth protection and abuse recognition training across the entire organization."

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/05/former_boy_scouts_file_21_mill.html

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The Boy Scouts may have to move to Ukraine

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The Boy Scouts may have to move to Ukraine

No kidding. It's like these homosexual organizations are going out of their way to mess anything and everything up as much as possible. At least in the RUB countries you don't have this ####### force fed on you from the left wing media day in and day out.