Televangelist Pat Robertson on Tuesday
warned of “predator” scouts and “pedophile” leaders if the
Boy Scouts of America (BSA) ended its ban on openly gay scouts and
leaders.
The BSA's national board will consider
ending the ban and allowing local chapters to decide the issue at its
regularly scheduled meeting, which began on Monday.
(Related: Boy
Scouts mull ending gay ban.)
Robertson told his 700 Club
viewers that activists were threatening to get Congress involved.
“This isn't a public organization
that the state needs to get involved in,” Robertson
said. “But what's happening is that they're making it look
more like a Congressional thing so the Congress gets involved. They
have no business fiddling with the Boy Scouts. The Boy Scouts ought
to be free to do what they want to do.”
“And the question is: Are there
predators as Boy Scouts, pedophiles that would come in as
scoutmasters. And if they are, then, of course, parents wouldn't
want their sons being involved in the Boy Scouts or their daughters
in the Girl Scouts.” (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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