SCOUTS: Get their opinion

Regarding the BSA Charter, I have a suggestion for the sheriff. Instead of forcing his own opinion about the inclusion of gay boys to influence his decision about renewing the charter, he should perhaps ask a Boy Scout what he thinks about the inclusion of gay boys in BSA. I did.

I asked a 13-year-old Boy Scout due to start high school in the fall, who has been in scouting for many years. You won’t believe what he said! He said HE DOES NOT CARE if there are gay boys in scouts. He DOES NOT CARE if gay boys go camping with straight boys. He is not afraid of gay boys and he is not even interested enough in other scouts’ orientation to believe it is appropriate to ask. He is simply uninterested and unconcerned.

So, if Boy Scouts themselves don’t care, why do you? Do you think Cub Scouts should be asked at 7 years of age if they are gay? Do we wait until post-puberty to kick them out once they have discovered their orientation? Do you really think gay boys are going to attack straight boys on camping trips?

Get real and stop shoving your homophobic agenda on boys who could not care less. It is not the government’s job, whether local or national, to dictate these things.

KACEY L. WALL

Coeur d’Alene