{"id":5994,"date":"2012-04-24T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-24T13:04:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:04:57","slug":"removed-lesbian-den-mother-petitions-to-return-to-boy-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/04\/removed-lesbian-den-mother-petitions-to-return-to-boy-scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Removed lesbian Den Mother petitions to return to Boy Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did a wonderful job, and what they did to her was just horrible. When I told my son Jen was kicked out (of the Boy Scouts) because she is gay, he didn&#8217;t know what was wrong&#8230; He&#8217;s just devastated,&#8221; said fellow parent Robert Dunn. &#8220;The boys knew her as Tiger Leader Jen, not Gay Tiger Leader Jen,\u201d said parent Crystal Sabinsky. \u201cThey are only first graders. Most don&#8217;t even understand what &#8216;gay&#8217; or &#8216;lesbian&#8217; mean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/boy-scouts-of-america-reinstate-cub-scout-leader-who-was-removed-for-being-gay\" target=\"_blank\">As an Ohio mom\u2019s <strong>Change.org campaign<\/strong> urging the BSA to stop discriminating against gays<\/a> attracted national attention, surpassing 140,000 supporters, the BSA issued a statement to CNN.com reaffirming the policy that led to the removal of Jennifer Tyrrell, den leader and mother of a seven-year-old Cub Scout, and implied that Tyrrell had taught \u201cyoung people about sex or sexual orientation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><cite>Article adapted from original press release<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><strong>04\/25\/12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than <a href=\"http:\/\/change.org\/scouts\" target=\"_blank\">115,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org<\/a> to support a Ohio Den Mother (a parent leader of Cub Scouts) who was forced to resign from her position explicitly because she is a lesbian.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Article adapted from original press release<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><strong>04\/21\/12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Young leader, Zach Wahls says, &#8220;as an Eagle Scout (the highest rank the BSA has to offer) I am acutely aware of the effects this policy has on families like mine. I joined the Cub Scouts when I was just 6 years old, at the lowest rank on the totem pole: Tiger Cub. The fact that my moms were lesbians was controversial in this conservative, central Wisconsin town of 20,000, but the Cub Scout Pack (the equivalent of a Boy Scout Troop) decided to adopt a wait-and-see approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two years later, my moms had become a regular presence at our Pack meetings, offering their thoughts and advice. Slowly, the other parents learned that my moms were not, in fact, insidious agents advancing some nefarious agenda; they were simply concerned with making sure their son (me!) had an enjoyable and enriching experience in the Scouting program &#8212; and this sounded strangely familiar to the other parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/zach-wahls\/jennifer-tyrrell-boy-scouts-lesbian-den-mother_b_1438771.html\" target=\"_blank\">HuffPo<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Zach Wahls on Twitter: www.twitter.com\/ZachWahls<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/node\/16830\" data-num-posts=\"2\" data-width=\"470\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cShe did a wonderful job, and what they did to her was just horrible. 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