Texas governor and future pres candidate comes out in favor of Boy Scout gay ban

[gwartney]

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/l...-exclud/nWDkT/

As the Boy Scouts of America reconsiders excluding gays as Scouts or leaders, Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday that most people see no reason to change the policy.

“And neither do I,” he said..........

Responding to a reporter’s question about whether a change in policy could teach children about tolerance and diversity, Perry countered that Scouts already learn that every day.

“Scouting is about teaching a substantial amount of life lessons,” he said. “Sexuality is not one of them, never has been, doesn’t need to be.”

Perry said it would be inappropriate for the organization to conform to popular culture and wrong to make Scouts and leaders accept a behavior that they don’t.

The guy has really done some great things economically for Texas but he's a fucking cave man when it comes to anything else. He will try for the repub presidential nomination next time and apparently has no idea that this kind of stuff will hurt him with all liberals and many, many conservatives.

[LonghornJ]

I can't imagine a fucking aggie at the highest level of executive power.

[gwartney]

I can't imagine a fucking aggie at the highest level of executive power.

He'll have us drop out of the United Nations and join some other second rate outfit.

[LonghornJ]

He'll have us drop out of the United Nations and join some other second rate outfit.

He truly is a slimey clown. He didn't get beat up and embarrassed nearly as much as he deserved in the debates.

His TXDot super-highway toll road scam alone should have been enough to send him under a rock for the next 30 years.

He does have nice hair though.

[gwartney]

He truly is a slimey clown. He didn't get beat up and embarrassed nearly as much as he deserved in the debates.

His TXDot super-highway toll road scam alone should have been enough to send him under a rock for the next 30 years.

He does have nice hair though.

He's also a good shot. Nobody's gonna break into the governor's mansion when he's home.

[LonghornJ]

He's also a good shot. Nobody's gonna break into the governor's mansion when he's home.

Right... the governors mansion he didn't live in for five years while they restored it after that arson attempt. He preferred the views of Lake Travis to the tune of $10,000 a month in taxpayer money.

He's a fucking asshole.

[Donkeyboy2190]

I can't imagine a fucking aggie at the highest level of executive power.

[Gwarn1]

Didn't he try for the nomination and looked like a complete and total retard in the debates

[gwartney]

Didn't he try for the nomination and looked like a complete and total retard in the debates

Yes, if you don't mind insulting retards. But he's gonna try again.

[Gwarn1]

Yes, if you don't mind insulting retards. But he's gonna try again.

Isn't that gonna be kind of a waste of time and money

[beatlejews]

Didn't he try for the nomination and looked like a complete and total retard in the debates

he forgot one of his three most important campaign issues

[jdwhatever]

the ironic thing about the whole thing is how gay is it to be a boy scout anyway


wear a homo outfit, scarves, and waste time hanging out with each other trying to learn how to be "manly"

[HeinousMark]

the ironic thing about the whole thing is how gay is it to be a boy scout anyway


wear a homo outfit, scarves, and waste time hanging out with each other trying to learn how to be "manly"

Right on....kids nowadays have so many great influences from society and the media, it would really fuck them up to learn a little about self-reliance and survival skills and being good citizens....

[Capn Crud]

If the republicans are to win national office, they have to skirt questions like this.

[Gwarn1]

If the republicans are to win national office, they have to skirt questions like this.

They can't win national elections anymore, that shit be over for them

[jdwhatever]

They can't win national elections anymore, that shit be over for them

of course they want, when a nation turns entitled and politically correct, they vote for the libs

[Mlaw]

he seems a little behind the curve

[gwartney]

he seems a little behind the curve

And pretty much admits it. He doesn't want the Boy Scouts to conform to popular culture.

[Mlaw]

And pretty much admits it. He doesn't want the Boy Scouts to conform to popular culture.

it's much better to conform to unpopular culture

[jdwhatever]

And pretty much admits it. He doesn't want the Boy Scouts to conform to popular culture.

why does a private orginizaton half to conform to anything


it's PRIVATE, they should be able to choose what they want, and not bow down to pressure