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Monday, February 25, 2008

My Home State

posted by on February 25 at 15:37 PM

Where the people continue to elect batshit crazy, numbskull homophobes:


The NYTimes’ Deborah Solomon: Let’s talk about your new book, “On My Honor,” which draws on your experience as an Eagle Scout and champions the values of the Boy Scouts of America, to whom you are donating your royalties.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Yes, to their legal-defense fund.

Solomon: Which has been fighting the A.C.L.U., to keep gays out of the scouts. Why do you see that as a worthy cause?

Perry: I am pretty clear about this one. Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation.

Solomon: Why do you think a homosexual would be more likely to bring the subject of sex into a conversation than a heterosexual?

Perry: Well, the ban in scouting applies to scout leaders. When you have a clearly open homosexual scout leader, the scouts are going to talk about it. And they’re not there to learn about that. They’re there to learn about what it means to be loyal and trustworthy and thrifty.

Solomon: But don’t you think that homosexuals might also be interested in being loyal and thrifty?

Perry: The argument that gets made is that homosexuality is about sex. Do you agree?

Solomon: No.

Perry: Well, then why don’t they call it something else?

Hahahahahahahaha! I also love it when she asks him whether Boy Scouts should have a child-care badge (in addition to a dog-care badge) and he says he “wouldn’t have a problem with that”—because, “why not teach scouts to help out moms”?

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1

Is he familiar with the term HeteroSEXuality?

Posted by Michael | February 25, 2008 3:39 PM
2

gay

Posted by Paulus | February 25, 2008 3:45 PM
3

Cann't we just abort Texas from the Union and let Mexico have it?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | February 25, 2008 3:45 PM
4

The boy scouts make me sad. They were an important part of my boyfriend's life growing up, and I see them being of value to a boy. If I had a son, I would like him to be in boy scouts. But, like Florida, it's just something I can't do because it's so against my values.

It's sad that they make such a big deal about it. They're cheapening their organization and denying a valuable experience to a lot of kids. And even the ones that do join are getting a divisive political message that has nothing to do with scouts. Sad.

Please, won't someone just think of the children?

Posted by exelizabeth | February 25, 2008 3:46 PM
5

i like how he doesn't even think there might be gay kids who are affected by this and not just the, in his mind, dirty scout masters.

i was in southern NM when they banned indian gaming (just two tribes) and watched the jebus freaks hudreds of miles from el paso decry the tigua's and their effect on society. then forget all about the tigua's when their health care and other facilty's started to close. HYPOCRITE!!

Posted by Jiberish | February 25, 2008 3:54 PM
6

The Boy Scouts are totally under the thumb of the Mormon Church. Didn't used to be that way, but they are now. So this should not be a shock to anyone.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | February 25, 2008 3:54 PM
7

My Son's in Scouts -- we have a pack meeting tonight on the Eastside. Sexual orientation never comes up at all in our troop, and religion barely even gets mentioned (my son and I are atheists).

Posted by Peter F | February 25, 2008 4:01 PM
8

Met my first boyfriend in Scouts.

Posted by Ziggity | February 25, 2008 4:08 PM
9

@7, isn't Reverence part of the Scout Law? Do some troops just conveniently ignore that?

Posted by w7ngman | February 25, 2008 4:14 PM
10

@5 - I'm sure he believes that kids only 'turn' gay when some immoral adult talks about it.

Posted by genevieve | February 25, 2008 4:17 PM
11

@9, shhhh

Actually it seems to be something that families can choose to do (or not) on their own. At least in our troop.

Posted by Peter F | February 25, 2008 4:22 PM
12

Why anyone would ask Governor Goodhair his opinion on anything is beyond me. The man barely has enough glial cells to qualify as a primate.

Posted by Geni | February 25, 2008 4:23 PM
13

This man will run for national office.

Posted by six shooter | February 25, 2008 4:50 PM
14

You're from Texas? I guess that explains a lot.

Posted by Cat in Chicago | February 25, 2008 5:35 PM
15

The Scouts are entitled to discriminate. I was entitled to ship them my stuff back from my boyhood days with a nasty letter. Scouts cry boo-hoo when their donative funding gets cut off. So be it. Wanna discriminate? Fine. Want people's contributions to come to your organization? Nope, if those contributions are done within a group (such as United Way) that has adequate non-discrimination policies in place.

The Boy Scouts of today are a very different animal from yesteryear. They've largely been taken over by right wingish groups (Mormon wards make up a huge number of Scout troops).

I agree with @4. The Boy Scouts should be about the children. Unfortunately, the Boy Scouts, which should be about building friendships, leadership skills as well as working and playing well with others shows that its organization now does none of that for kids. It's really too bad - hence why I shipped them my Scouting gear.

Posted by Dave Coffman | February 25, 2008 5:40 PM
16

"to help out moms". Awesome.

Posted by Julie | February 25, 2008 9:36 PM
17

If I start a fire by rubbing two sticks together under this guy's ass would that count as my good deed for the day?

Posted by RainMan | February 25, 2008 10:40 PM
18

Yeah I was an Eagle Scout (seriously over-rated BTW) and now am gay. Our troop was sponsered by ....the local National Guard unit in central Montana and let me tell you that at least since the early 1980's when I was just a Cub Scout the entire organization is a bunch of right wing wackos with paramilitary designs on young kids.

Save America and ban the Boy Scouts!

Posted by Andrew | February 26, 2008 7:22 AM
19

Did you ever see that "canteen boy" sketch on SNL?

Why is Perry so obsessed with the boy scouts?

Sal "The Muckraker" Costello
http://salcostello.blogspot.com/

Posted by Sal "The Muckraker" Costello | February 26, 2008 3:15 PM

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