Should Boy Scouts have leeway? #tellusatoday

We asked our followers whether the Boy Scouts of America should allow gay Scout leaders. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:

I think it's a bad idea. They should scrap the whole plan altogether and let the Boy Scouts stay the way it is.

— @ezrareilly

Being gay does not mean someone is a pedophile. Let dedicated Scouts serve.

— @UnhappyMariner

The Boy Scouts of America can do anything it wants because it's a private club.

— @webberwit

They might be Boy Scouts but not of America, which stands for fairness and rights for all, not some.

— @conpoli

In due time, gay Scouts can and will become gay leaders, so what's the point? But more important, what's the difference?

— @KiloTerrell

I am an Eagle Scout, and I would be proud of the BSA if it admitted gay Scouts!

— @gmacked

Doesn't this change just perpetuate a bad message, perhaps even a we-can-convert mentality?

— @sanderleh

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