Local Boy Scout Troop Leaving Scouts b/c Equality
"AUBURN, Wash. - After more than 50 years in scouting, Scoutmaster Jim Brass is feeling sick about what his troop is doing.
"Our hearts are broken over having to walk away," he says.
His troop, No. 835 from the Auburn and Pacific area, is leaving Boy Scouts of America because of the national organization's decision to allow openly gay members as of Jan. 1.
Brass tells KOMO Newsradio that the decision was made after months of consideration and was led by the boys and girls in the troop.
"The kids just were completely uncomfortable with having kids in the Scout troop that were actively homosexual," he said.
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Troop 835 will still meet under a new name and new program called Help Northwest Youth Corps.
Brass adds that their mission and goals are the same.
"We'll continue to serve the community, doing disaster response and help run a food bank and a clothing bank," he says, "but we can't compromise on what the Bible teaches."
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And I can't believe these folks are in a suburb of Seattle - most of my neighbors aren't bigoted assholes like this, for the most part.
