Scott Walker Says Gay Troop Leader Ban Protected Boy Scouts
LatestScott Walker—presidential candidate, governor of Wisconsin, and noted hot ham enthusiast—has spoken out against the Boy Scouts of America’s recent push to allow gay troop leaders. “I have had a lifelong commitment to the Scouts and support the previous membership policy because it protected children and advanced Scout values,” he told conservative blog, the Independent Journal Review.
On Friday, July 10, the Boy Scouts executive board voted unanimously to end the organization’s long-running ban on gay troop leaders. (Individually, the Scout’s more homophobic troops could still potentially deny gay leaders, but it would no longer be a national edict.) Later this month, the national executive board will debate the issue.
“I’m an Eagle Scout. My kids were in Scouts. My mom was a den mother. I think their previous policy was personally fine,” Walker, an adult man who seemingly can’t shut the fuck up about his Eagle Scout days, said at a Harley Davidson event.