Rick Perry ‘Greatly Disappointed’ With Boy Scouts Decision

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT 9:18 AM EDT, FRIDAY MAY 24, 2013

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) issued a statement Thursday to express his disapproval of the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to end its longstanding ban on gay youth. The BSA's ban on gay adults serving in leadership positions remains in place.

Perry, a former Boy Scout, said that the new policy "contradicts generations of tradition in the name of political correctness."

"The Boys Scouts of America has been built upon the values of faith and family for more than 100 years and today's decision contradicts generations of tradition in the name of political correctness," Perry said in the statement. "While I will always cherish my time as a scout and the life lessons I learned, I am greatly disappointed with this decision."

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[muntrv]

1. (P)Rick: "I wanna be a bigoted jerk 'cuz it rules!"

[warrior1]

2. I'll just bet his is

wink wink

[kyeshinka]

3. Don't speak for all scouts

I was an Eagle scout and I am thrilled with this decision. Too bad Rick Perry remembers nothing of the scout motto, and I think the "help other people at all times" part does NOT mean praying to God instead of sending emergency crews to put out a wildfire.

[11 Bravo]

4. I'm greatly disappointed that Rick Perry continues to waste perfectly good oxygen.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Hey, OOPS Rick Perry, Texans are very disappointed in you, it may sound good to you to

Continue your policies to your base but you are wrong. Wrong on setting up health exchange with so many uninsured in Texas but again the national health exchange will probably bring on a national health care system. Get over yourself, YOU WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT, OOPS doesn't cut it. You are not right for Texas and surely not right for the USA. You cry seceed when this was under a 1835 treaty when there was another signed after the Civil War and besided this when the tragedies in West and Granbury you call out for disaster relief. If you can not handle these times without other help you don't need to secede.

[TlalocW]

6. It will be interesting to see what happens now

I'm still not a big fan of the BSA since they're essentially a religious group in that you still have to officially believe in God, and they're pretty much controlled by the Mormon church, and tax dollars and services go to support them.

TlalocW

[TheFutureWillCome]

7. fuck you

rick perry

[Bannakaffalatta]

8. What tradition is being contradicted?

Oh, yes, the bigot tradition, that originally segregated troops by colour. The BSA got over contradicting that one.

Scout Oath (or Promise)

On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

Scout Law

A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,
courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean, and reverent.

It says morally straight; nothing about sex.

[Ishoutandscream2]

9. Fuck him

I think I am to the point I hate Perry more than Bush. He is totally fucking up my state. I have a burning hatred for this man.

[geek tragedy]

10. Sticking to the script that produced the most hated YouTube ever

[BlueDemKev]

12. Please...

I'd rather BE fucked by an OCTOPUS!

[Parable Arable]

13. You beat me to the punch......

In invoking that video...

I'm sure it's been said before, but the fact that Perry is wearing what looks to be Heath Ledger's Brokeback Mountain jacket, and the fact that he choose music from a gay composer, makes the whole ad hilarious for me.

[backscatter712]

17. Does this me he's like Bryan Fischer in that he doth protest too much? n/t

[gopiscrap]

11. Well I gues we're even because I am greatly disappointed with Rick Perry

as an elected official. What a waste of breathing air!

[Donald Ian Rankin]

14. I'm struck that he uses euphemisms for his views.

He doesn't come out and say "and one of those values is that homosexuality is immoral", which makes me wonder if he's ashamed of his own views.

[Rstrstx]

15. The REAL reason he's disappointed...

...is that the ban is still in place for adults, making it unlikely they'll ever let him be a scoutmaster

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/19/1046983/-Is-Rick-Perry-the-Biggest-Homosexual-Hypocrite-in-America#

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. What is he frightened of?