The Boy Scouts of America is praising Texas Governor Rick Perry for authoring a book supporting the Scouts and their values.
Perry's book is titled On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For. Bob Bork, Jr., a spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America, is pleased that the former Scout has taken such a public stance in defending the values of scouting. Perry also came to the defense of the Scout's policy that prohibits homosexuals from scouting or serving as Scout leaders. "Since its inception in 1910, the Boy Scouts has believed that open homosexuality is inconsistent with the values it wants to communicate through its leaders," Bork notes. "Scouting parents and sponsoring organizations share that belief -- and the Boy Scouts of America has a constitutional right to provide a youth organization for families who share those values." (See Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, June 2000) Bork is also pleased that Perry documented the 30-year history of litigation against the Scouts by pro-homosexual organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union. "The governor is correct that the ACLU has been waging a litigation war against the Boy Scouts for a number of years. I think it's been something like 20 pieces of litigation that the ACLU has been part of against the Boy Scouts," he adds. Scouting is about camping out and having fun, says Bork, and not the appropriate place to delve into the issue of sexuality.
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