I Am Still Upset Over The Scout Leader Who Was Fired for Being Gay! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Janice Johnson · 02-21-2009, 10:24 AM

When I was in high school, the ran a story about a guy who got fired because he was a gay boy scout leader.....

I am still upset over it...... He was not a PEDOPHILE, he just happened to like ADULT MEN(not little boys)..... I would agree if he was a pedophile who molested little boys, i'd back the decision 100%. But that was not thye case.... I am glad he fought back, even though he lost..... I wonder, wouldn't that be the same thing as a straight woman being a boy scout leader? People wouldn't go, 'Oh, she's straight.... She might molest those little boys."

Penny Lane · 02-21-2009, 06:01 PM

Unfortunately Gay men are often pegged as pedophiles which is so incorrect. I am guessing that the Boy Scouts banned him because they didn't want him to be a "bad" influence on the boys. Like everything else controversial it takes time for people and society to accept things that are "different". That's just the way things are.

Janice Johnson · 02-22-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Penny Lane

Unfortunately Gay men are often pegged as pedophiles which is so incorrect. I am guessing that the Boy Scouts banned him because they didn't want him to be a "bad" influence on the boys. Like everything else controversial it takes time for people and society to accept things that are "different". That's just the way things are.

. Its sstill kind of messed up.

beautifuldreamer · 02-22-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice Johnson

. Its sstill kind of messed up.

Ah... discrimination... I really HATE it. Not just toward gay people (although they get the brunt of it these days, it seems). Also toward African Americans, Indians, Asians, Mexicans and... yes,.... WOMEN. I think it is getting better a little bit every day... but I don't think we will ever be completely clear of it.

Janice Johnson · 02-23-2009, 06:21 PM

I am wondering how his Scout supieriors found out that he was gay in the first place. They most likely eavesdropped on a conversation between he and his boyfriend on the phone, because I doubt that he would have said, 'I'm gay, I like men.", knowing that his Scout supieriors would be discriminatory.

02-21-2009, 10:24 AM	#1
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,740	I Am Still Upset Over The Scout Leader Who Was Fired for Being Gay! When I was in high school, the ran a story about a guy who got fired because he was a gay boy scout leader..... I am still upset over it...... He was not a PEDOPHILE, he just happened to like ADULT MEN(not little boys)..... I would agree if he was a pedophile who molested little boys, i'd back the decision 100%. But that was not thye case.... I am glad he fought back, even though he lost..... I wonder, wouldn't that be the same thing as a straight woman being a boy scout leader? People wouldn't go, 'Oh, she's straight.... She might molest those little boys."

02-21-2009, 06:01 PM	#2
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,261	Unfortunately Gay men are often pegged as pedophiles which is so incorrect. I am guessing that the Boy Scouts banned him because they didn't want him to be a "bad" influence on the boys. Like everything else controversial it takes time for people and society to accept things that are "different". That's just the way things are.
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02-23-2009, 06:21 PM	#5
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,740	I am wondering how his Scout supieriors found out that he was gay in the first place. They most likely eavesdropped on a conversation between he and his boyfriend on the phone, because I doubt that he would have said, 'I'm gay, I like men.", knowing that his Scout supieriors would be discriminatory.