I think people are over-simplifying the issue of whether or not gay children should be allowed to participate. You wouldn't put young teen boys and girls into a tent together out of fear that they'd engage in consensual sexual activities, and I think there would be the same concern about putting young teen homosexual boys in a tent together. Concerns about sexual predators and opposition to the "sin" of homosexuality are not legitimate, but concerns about young teens fooling around in a tent could be. I'm not saying that gays shouldn't be allowed in the Boy Scouts, but the issue isn't as simple as people are making it out to be.
Having said that, there's no excuse for them to not allow gays to serve in adult leadership positions, and that leads me to believe that their reasons for not allowing gay boys to be members may be similarly rooted in bigotry.
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