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Poll: Should Boy Scouts Lift Ban On Gay Members?
An Arlington Heights church this week called on the Boy Scouts of America to lift the organizations ban on gay members.
An Arlington Heights church called on the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban against homosexual participants. The United Church of Christ handed out fliers Sunday, Feb. 3 asking its congregation to write letters opposing the anti-gay policy, the Chicago Tribune reported. "Our position is that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) folks, whether they're minors or whether they're adults, have a role to play in our society and our culture," Rev. Rex Piercy told the Tribune. "This (Scouting) organization, which seeks the support of churches like ours, ... stands against the very kind of welcome that we extend to those folks." The youth organization is considering lifting its ban against gay members and leaders, NBC News reported. …
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Larry
1:11 am on Sunday, March 17, 2013
"While it is a relatively new practice that same-sex couples are being granted the same form of legal marital recognition..." Legal, marital, recognized. That is all I meant; not various "unions" no matter how formal, ritualistic or ceremonial. Nor even common, although no evidence indicates it has ever been that. "While the relationship was clearly approved by the wider community, and was … more ›