President Obama says he disagrees with a ban on gays in the Boy Scouts, despite serving as that organization’s honorary president. If Obama disagrees that strongly in the Boy Scout’s decision, he should resign as honorary president immediately.
Here’s what critical thinking says:
- It’s hypocrisy and sending the wrong message. If the president wants to make a statement, he should not only talk the talk, but walk it, too. He should resign as honorary president of the Boy Scouts organization immediately, which would really make an impact that it’s time we treat gays as equals.
- Former Eagle Scouts are sending back their medals to the organization to protest the ban on gays, which is more than Obama is doing. These scouts worked extremely hard for those honors, and parting with those medals isn’t easy. The president needs to take stronger action as well, and resigning from his post would help shake up the Boy Scout’s decision.
- Obama is playing the middle on this one and engaging in two-facedness behavior, and you can bet that Mitt Romney is going to use it as ammunition. Obama has already said he supports gay marriage, but it’s time he backs those words up with action so they’re just not words. Any politician can talk a good game, but what are you doing to back it up Mr. President?
I look forward to your comments.
Steve Siebold
It is the right action the President should take. We need a President that can make a decision and stand by it regardless of the votes he may lose. This is not about politics, but about discrimination of a group of people. The eagle scouts returniong their medals speaks volumes on the seriousness of the issue.
I think he likes the Brown Shirt idea, if you catch my drift.
President Obama should resign as honorary president of the Boy Scouts, but not because some group of homosexuals say he should. He should resign because he knew what the scouts stand for before he accepted the honorary position. If he has any personal honor at all he should resign because it is a betrayal of the scouts to accept the position and say they should change their standards because he says so.
Further, the Eagle Scouts who have won their badge of honor and then came out as homosexual should be stripped of the honor.
Further, the homosexual groups who want to change scout policy in terms of “preferences” should remember that there is no solid ground in science or evidence for homosexuality for being “genetic”, or “normal”. What science there is
shows a far smaller homosexual number of people than what is argued, maybe between 3 or 4 per cent.
Based on the flimsy evidence available, why should the Boy Scouts change their policy on homosexuals when they have done just fine with the standards they have?
I am ashamed of the President of the United States for not being enough of a man to state his preference and act on it. His behavior is that of a hypocrite and a moral coward. The Boy Scouts deserve better than this.