Gay NYS Senator Wants Scouts Out Of Executive Mansion

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/021106scouts.htm

A state senator wants the Boy Scouts kept out of the governor's mansion because of what he calls the anti-gay positions of the national scouting organization.
State Senator Thomas Duane of Manhattan was invited by the Twin Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts to join them at the Albany mansion. The group is planning a reception Thursday on character-building programs.

In a letter to Governor Pataki this week, Duane, who is openly gay, says the governor is sending a bad message by allowing "a discriminatory organization" to use state facilities.

Pataki spokesman Kevin Quinn tells the Albany Times Union the governor won't ban the Boy Scouts, calling them "an American institution."

[MountainLaurel]

1. Good for him.

Organizations that promote hate should not be supported by public institutions.

[xchrom]

2. duane is holding the position that the state should hold.

[triakis36]

3. Maybe the governor needs to be reminded what it means to be "American"

"American institutions" should uphold the American ideals of equality and justice for all.

[xchrom]

4. apparently the boy scouts and marriage are the same

''institution''.

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. The KKK is also "an American institution"

Ok, I'm being a drama queen by comparing the BSA to the KKK. But discrimination is discrimination.