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Pro and con: Society loses with gay Boy Scouts; Gay ban reversal is so late...
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comments ()Jennifer Tyrrell hugs her son Cruz Burns, 7, outside Boy Scouts national offices after a meeting with BSA representatives in July in Irving. The Ohio woman, ousted as a den mother because...
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comments ()More Christian than you It was shocking and repulsive to see the hate and ignorance reflected in the letters in Sunday’s Points section against the Boy Scouts’ possible inclusion of LGBTQ...
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Perry earns his ‘hate’ badge Re: “Perry: Scouts should keep core values, not allow gays — He tells organization that it must not cater to ‘popular culture’,” Sunday news story. Gov. Perry, you say...
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A readership divided: Your letters about the latest on the Boy Scout gay ban
Pastor Alvin Fuller, of God's Final Warning Ministries, center, and his son, Gershom Fuller, left, speak to supporters of the Boy Scouts' ban on gays, as they demonstrated and prayed outside the Boy...
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Pros and cons from readers about the Boy Scouts of America’s gay-inclusion...
Supporters of the Boy Scouts of America's policy banning openly gay people from participation attend a rally at the BSA headquarters on Feb. 6. (New York Times)visit site to read more]
View ArticleThe Boy Scouts can be brave and adapt
The 1910 edition of the Boy Scout Handbook included skills useful for the time: how to kill a rabid dog and stop a runaway horse. We Scouts still learn to navigate by compass, how to right a swamped...
View ArticleBoy Scouts don’t have to lose values to stay relevant
Re: “Boy Scouts can adapt” by Travis Stalcup, Saturday Letters. Stalcup wrote that “The Boy Scouts — both youth and leaders — should be representative of our society” and that it “is the only way for...
View ArticleRepublicans — You like local control for school districts, right?
On Feb. 20, Rep. Pat Fallon of Frisco proposed legislation called House Bill 1568. In essence, if a school district offers insurance benefits to a person other than a district employee or a dependent...
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Pro and con: Gordon Keith analyzed this week’s religion headlines nicely;...
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It was Van Cliburn’s funeral, not a political opportunity
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View ArticlePro and con: Van Cliburn was not a gay cause celebre; Gov. Rick Perry’s...
Re: “A funeral, not opportunity” by Paul Cardwell, Thursday Letters. A pianist, not a cause If ever anything proved that gay activists are arrested adolescents, it is Caldwell’s attempt to capture Van...
View ArticleRepublicans don’t empathize with fellow humans until they are personally...
GOP Senator Rob Portman of Ohio was against gay rights until his son admitted he was gay. Dick Cheney’s position was reversed when his daughter, Mary Claire, came out. Nancy Reagan and President...
View ArticleLoving your gay sons and daughters doesn’t mean approving of what they do
Re: “Inspired by son, GOP senator changes course,” Saturday news story. U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s newly found support for gay marriage is disturbing, considering it’s based on an emotional response to...
View ArticleMarriage is not ‘sacred’
Re: “Portman need not sacrifice lucidity for his son — Being supportive doesn’t mean that senator must try to redefine marriage for everyone else, Mark Davis says,” Wednesday Viewpoints. Mark Davis...
View ArticleMore marriage is a good thing
Re: “Portman need not sacrifice lucidity for his son — Being supportive doesn’t mean that senator must try to redefine marriage for everyone else, Mark Davis says,” Wednesday Viewpoints. Davis writes,...
View ArticleWe’re allowed to change our mind on issues like gay marriage
Re: “Portman need not sacrifice lucidity for his son — Being supportive doesn’t mean that senator must try to redefine marriage for everyone else, Mark Davis says,” March 20 Viewpoints. Davis very...
View ArticleMarriage equality: The right side of history
The Supreme Court is currently discussing the issue of same-sex marriage. I am a terminally heterosexual Navy veteran and I support same-sex marriage. I know several gay and lesbian veterans. We wore...
View ArticleGay marriage, marriage equality … Does it matter what we call it? Readers...
This isn’t enlightenment Only someone locked in a cave for the last 70 years doesn’t know that the Supreme Court will very soon discover a “right” of gay marriage in the Constitution. However, could...
View ArticleJesus hated sin but loved sinners
Re: “Choosing to reject discord — People of faith can keep a holy war from breaking out over same-sex marriage, writes William McKenzie,” Tuesday Viewpoints. I agree with McKenzie’s comment that Jesus...
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