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Boy Scouts Ban on Gays Could End Soon

NBC News reports the organization is considering ending the ban that has been in existence for decades.

 

 

The Boy Scouts of America ban on gay scouts and scout leaders could soon be over, according to NBC News.

The news source reports the group is actively considering ending the ban that has been in existence for decades. If the new policy goes through, the ban on gays would be erased from the Boy Scouts of America’s rules, allowing local organizations to decide for themselves if they want to allow gay scouts and leaders, NBC reports. 

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    • I'm all for it. It should have been abolished long ago.
        17 (85%)
    • Keep the ban in place. It was created for a reason.
        3 (15%)
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Dan Johnson

9:56 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The vast body of evidence since the early days of social science shows prejudice causes harm in a wide variety of ways. Laws, social policies, social support systems that deny equality contribute to a social climate promotes prejudice. The resulting dehumanization and demonization is used to justify their behavior by those who bully, beat, torture, and kill. It also results in self destruction, both fast and slow.

The same prejudice used to dehumanize us here is also used around the world to justify imprisonment, torture, and death. The only way to end prejudice is to expose it and the harm it causes, anywhere and everywhere it surfaces.

Prejudice is a deadly disease that can only be cured through education and understanding. Let's remember Jesus told us the most important thing we need to know is; we should love God and love all others the same. All other religions as well as non religious ethical belief systems agree with that one idea. Now is always a good time to put it into practice.

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