I would expect the same mass exodus from the scouts as we saw in the military after DADT was repealed.....um....right...about that mass exodus...
I have news for everyone not a teenager: The current generation doesn't care. First, there are already gay scouts (and atheists!), and have been from the start, without mass camp rape parties. Second, the current generation of teens already has group mixed sex and mixed orientation sleepovers, parties, and even camping trips...without the wild orgies everyone seems to assume will take place. Most of the teens I know couldn't care less if their friends are gay, and hanging out with gay people doesn't suddenly make the non-gays gay. There's a lot of hyperbole and excitement over something that will cause very little change.
I'm not aware of any troop that actually enforces or could enforce a chastity rule for heterosexuals. I'm sure someone can find some extreme example, but I wouldn't go throwing chastity around as an argument point either. Religious troops will stay religious, and the average gay scout likely won't want to join them anyhow. More secular and tolerant troops will attract gay scouts. And no one will really care in a few years.
I have news for everyone not a teenager: The current generation doesn't care. First, there are already gay scouts (and atheists!), and have been from the start, without mass camp rape parties. Second, the current generation of teens already has group mixed sex and mixed orientation sleepovers, parties, and even camping trips...without the wild orgies everyone seems to assume will take place. Most of the teens I know couldn't care less if their friends are gay, and hanging out with gay people doesn't suddenly make the non-gays gay. There's a lot of hyperbole and excitement over something that will cause very little change.
I'm not aware of any troop that actually enforces or could enforce a chastity rule for heterosexuals. I'm sure someone can find some extreme example, but I wouldn't go throwing chastity around as an argument point either. Religious troops will stay religious, and the average gay scout likely won't want to join them anyhow. More secular and tolerant troops will attract gay scouts. And no one will really care in a few years.
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