ThinkProgress caught up with Eagle Scout Zach Wahls at Netroots Nation about today's announcement that the Boy Scouts of America will reconsider its policy discriminating against the LGBT community. He discusses his new initiative, Scouts for Equality, through which he is rallying other scouts to pressure BSA.
Said Wahls:
"It’s not a smokescreen. This proposal was made after Jen Tyrrell’s pettion on Change.org. So even though this has been brought up in the past, it’s never gotten nearly the level of attention that it has today. And as another departure from the past, there’s never been a group — which I actually launched in coordination with a number of other Eagle Scouts today called Scouts For Equality — and we’re going to be working with a number of different groups to really build a community of scouts — Eagle scouts, former scout leaders, that sort of thing — we’re really going to work toward making this policy change."
Thanks for posting Randy! My husband and I have six kids (4 boys, 2 girls) and though none have expressed a desire to join the scouts or brownies yet, I'm pretty sure its coming. Thanks (in general) for keeping me up to date on stuff. I'm really glad I subscribed to your blog! - Tom
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom for the comment AND for reading The Randy Report! Much appreciated! Spread the word :)
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