"But no matter, now the myth is out there...and conservatives will cling to it to the bitter end." Kind of like when liberals claimed Sarah Palin could see Russia from her back yard (you do realize that Tina Fey is the one that said that, right)? Or when Pailin's crosshairs caused Gabby Gifford to get shot . . . Or when Romney murdered a woman, or evaded his federal income taxes . . .

Perhaps the Scouts should start suing some municipalities for violating THEIR Constitutional right to freely associate or for discrimination against Scouts. At least for now, homosexuality is not a federally protected legal class (like race, relgion, etc.) so, on balance the Scouts' First Amendment right to freely associaciate should trump a local or state law prohibiting discrimination against gays.

How about this instead? How about those of you who claim to support Scouting get your posteriors off the sidelines and start vocally withdrawing volunteer and financial support for groups like the United Way, start encouraging your employers to do likewise, and start ripping your elected officials (and perhaps vote a few out of office) for not supporting scouting? Least you forget, tere are a lot more of us than there are of them. Their only advantage is that they're more motivated.

Sexual orientation is not (so far) a legally protected class like race, so you're analogy is meritless.

(continuation) Apparently, now Scouting is being forced to choose between God and a slow glide into extinction. Even in the face of extinction, I hope the organization demonstrates the level of integrity we've tried to instill in our young men and opts for God and principles over political correctness and economic expedience. Perhaps this is a hill worthy of BSA dying on.

As a Scout who obtained the Star rank many years ago and spent 15+ years as an adult Scout leader, I want to chime in on this. The current situation really has nothing to do with discrimination against homosexuals. But, it has everything to do with integrity and adhering to the principles of your organization. As quoted in the article, when a Scout recites the oath, he pledges to do his duty to God and to obey the Scout Law, which means to be reverant. While Scouting does not mandate that any Scout adhere to Christian principles, I'm not aware of any western religions (and only a couple of eastern relgions) that doctrinally condone homosexuality. Ergo - a Scout cannot do his duty to God and simultaneously condone homosexuality.

Thanks Chris. Rest in peace.

Just because YOU don't happen to agree with the military action undertaken by your country, does not render such action either unconstitutional or immoral.

"President Obama" just doesn't caputre the level of respect demanded by the left. "Your Highness" is barely sufficient.

If this actually percolates into something, here's the play book. 1. Democrats circle the wagons around Harry. 2. Democrats attack anyone who seeks to advance the investigation. 3. Questioning Harry' Reid's ethics (or lack thereof) will be deemed rascist. 4. Bush will be blamed.

So, as long as you have the "right" politics, you can pretty much do whatever you want and fet away with it.