Scouts Seek Help From Gay Congressman Frank

[davidinalameda]

LOL--someone seriously screwed up!

http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/01/012804barneyScouts.htm

Congressman Barney Frank has expressed surprise over a letter from the Boy Scouts of America seeking his help.

The letter outlines a new scouting initiative called Good Turn America and touts the BSA's history of teaching "its 3 million youth members important lessons about leadership, character, and service."

"We would be honored if you would lend your support to this important effort. Together, we will continue to positively influence the lives of young people throughout the nation."

[mike1963]

1. Not really any more weird than Log Cabin Republicans...

:eyes:
;-)
:D

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. What suprise, Frank is a representative of everyone

Who lives in his district, gay or otherwise. I would expect that any legitimate call for help would be considered by him.

[xchrom]

9. the organization -- bsa

has no character and preaches bigotry and hatred to it's members.
so yeah -- barney should be raising his eyebrows in surprise.
so much for their legitimacy.

[donco6]

3. Lessons about Character

The letter outlines a new scouting initiative called Good Turn America and touts the BSA's history of teaching "its 3 million youth members important lessons about leadership, character, and service."

According to Scouts:
gay = BAD character
straight = GOOD character

I actively discourage any support of BSA, both locally and nationally. Bigots.

[jean]

4. Barney Frank rocks - consistently!

::snip::

In a reply made public today by Frank's congressional office in Boston, the Democratic congressman told Williams that he found the letter "hypocritical".

Frank said he would not support the BSA, nor would he sign any of the three draft letters of support the organization asked him to sign.

"Where there is much about what the Boy Scouts do that I admire and I am a former Scout myself, I was under the impression that you considered people like myself to be unworthy of association with the Boy Scouts," Frank's letter states.

"I am a gay man, which according to your policy as I read it in various court decisions, means that I am neither 'morally straight' nor 'clean.'"

http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/01/012804barneyScouts.htm">Scouts Seek Help From Gay Congressman Frank

[MadisonRush]

5. What?

Are they kidding? Didn't they know who he was before they sent that to him?

[jean]

7. they sent him not one but three draft letters!

[Sapphocrat]

8. Bravo to Barney!

Now that's grace.

[pinto]

6. Barney Frank has been a great rep for his district, hope the BSA listens