God Uwe Boll is terrible. Please don't think that people who play games like him or his movies. We don't.

For once I absolutely agree. There is no justification for terrorist acts in the world, anywhere. Violence always begets more violence, and so it can never be the beginning of meaningful change, only the end of it. That being said, there is some merit to the thought that America has brought ourselves under fire. It's funny how life imitates art sometimes. Just as Superman created Lex Luthor, and Batman created the Joker, America too has created our enemies either through well intention mistakes (Taliban, North Korea) or through our blind pursuit for vengeance / justice (Iraq) To reiterate, terrorism is wrong. Period. The people who did it came to the conclusion that two wrongs make a right. But it's no coincidence that the wars we are currently fighting are wars that we brought on ourselves, and could have been avoided.

Because a gay man can't be self-sufficient or a leader? A gay man can't be a soldier?

Really? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals Nope. Animals engae in homosexuality just as much, or more than humans. For an interesting read check out a book on the sexual practices among Bonobos.

Actually there is no strong evidence that homosexuality is primarily biological,hormanal, or social factors. The best answer we have now is that we don't know for sure, but it's likely some combination f the three. Being a gay is a choice like having a thing for redheads or blondes is a choice. You don't have to act on your sexual preference, but it's still there.

It may be that the BSA is thinking long term. Although it;s true a majority of parents (58% http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/MembershipStandards/Resolution/Summary.aspx ) do support the current policy, it also states that "a majority" of youth oppose the policy. Scouts has had a hard time with membership in the last couple of decades, and it may be that they are heading of this possible issue at the pass. Thats just my conjecture. Anecdotally, most of the friends I had in scouts support changing the policy. We're mostly in our mid 20's now, but it could be indicitive of a shift in the opinions of future scouts parents.

Man it's a good thing Christian's aren't more likely than anyone else to commit violence against homosexuals. Then again, looking at the comments section here at Townhall... I fail to see how pointing out that religious extremists commit more crimes against homosexuals is in any way relevant to the Boy Scouts allowing gay Scouts (but not leaders).

Do the boys in your troop really deserve to be punished for this?

"Gays tend to have socializing problems because of their general lack of acceptance by society until they reach adulthood" Seems to me we should trying to get get boys into things like scouts, a support structure organization where they can have friends who judge them by their character, not their sexual orientation. An I think every teenage boy rebels and misbehaves, Period.

How is the perspective that every American have the right to their own beliefs, and that the government shouldn't play favorites with those beliefs limited, provincial, narrow, or lacking in depth? I think the idea that there is one morality, dictated by one religion is all of those things. Not the idea that every has the right to practice what they believe or don't believe, non-violently.