Blog 10
As noted through previous blogs and
newsfeeds, the global lengths taken to socially outcast members of the LGBTQ
community have begun to get more outrageous. Discriminatory acts were taken
against church member and Eagle Scout Geoff McGrath who at age 49 years old was
revoked of his membership of the Boy Scouts organization. McGrath has ran the troop from the ripe year of
1998, and until the NBC profiling where he openly shared that he was gay he had
no previous issues with running the troop. The church McGrath has been a member
of has stressed their angle of being “open to all people,” and has mentioned
getting legal help to evaluate their options in order to best handle this
situation. He states that he will
continue to run the children’s group from the church, however some parents have
sent letters questioning whether or not he will still be considered a good male
role model.
This event has led to a gridlock between
Churches and a well-known children’s organization, for once an issue not
between the government and church. In
previous blogs I’ve discussed the argument of protecting children anti-gay
activist use to support their antics. I am a strong advocate for the equal treatment
of women, gays, transgender and all of the above, and if McGrath has been
successfully running the children’s organization thus far, the removal of his influence
because of his sexuality is not what a national and regional children’s organization
should be advocating.
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