童子军领袖公布同性恋被辞

The Boy Scouts of America, the BSA, have shut down a Seattle troop after refusing to sack their openly gay scout master. 49 year old Eagle Scout,Geoff McGrath, was invited to set up Troop 98 at an inclusive Methodist church in Seattle last year, but was dismissed earlier this month by BSA officials after they found out he was gay. However, the church's pastor and members of the troop have refused to remove McGrath and the group's charters have now been revoked by the BSA. Comments Qinduo Adam on the Daily Mail's website says, "Thank God, there're still people willing to stand up to bullies. They knew the rules. If they didn't want to abide by them, then they are free to start their own "scout like" organization." Ben Also from Mail Online Laura writes, "There is no logic in accepting gay scouts but dismissing gay scout leaders? Unless of course they're ill-informed enough to believe that gay men are a bigger risk than heterosexuals of being paedophiles - which is completely untrue. That said, it'd fit in with their general ignorance of the subject." Mike Will on the Mirror website thinks ..."The Scouts aren't worried about paedophiles but they're worried about men who are sexually attracted to adolescent boys. The Scouts have been sued many times over the years because a scoutmaster abused a young scout. It's not 'homophobia' as some like to accuse the Scouts of being but simple financial common sense." Discussion When he was 22-years-old, McGrath was offered the position of Assistant Scoutmaster but that job was rescinded once his troop leaders figured out he was gay. The troop was also sponsored by his Mormon church, and he was additionally excommunicated from the religion. He agreed to start the program, in part inspired by the work of his straight twin-brother Dave who has publicly championed for gays to be admitted into to the scouts. 'If you don't participate, you're not part of the conversation,' McGrath, a software engineer, said. 'Yelling from the outside is not conversing. So we're on the inside doing good work. Talking about the gay and lesbian issue is not the biggest part of what we do—it's the smallest part.' But McGrath makes clear that his decision to lead the troop was not part of a publicity stunt, but because he genuinely wanted to help out the local kids. And his troop at Rainier Beach, including their parents, thank him for his work. Comments Qinduo On Twitter Steven writes .."By his own admission, he was talking to the kids about his sex life and that is not his role. You're a scout leader to talk about scouting - not about your own private life..." Mike Also from Twitter Kora says ..."Surely it's illegal in America to discriminate against people on grounds of sexual orientation. It's unbelievable that this is happening in 2014" Ben And finally from foxnew.com Ryan writes "The minister should also be fired ... and probably will be if she isn't careful. While gays certainly belong in the church along with other sinners, those sinners who sin openly and vocally insist they're not sinning are doing so in spite of what the Bible says.