On Monday morning, the Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg joined Carol Costello on C
NN to discuss the Boy Scouts possibly ending their ban on gays. Sprigg argued against lifting the ban, leading Costello to challenge his views. Sprigg encouraged the Boy Scouts to stand by their “timeless” principles, adding that it would be a “grave mistake” for them to abandon them. Costello noted that football players are coming out and supporting gay rights.
CNN’s Carol Costello Spanks Peter Sprigg Over Boy Scouts
1About the Author
Wayne Besen is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003). In 2010, Besen was awarded the “Visionary Award” at the Out Music Awards for organizing the American Prayer Hour, an event which shined a spotlight on the role American evangelicals played in the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
wow. what an asshat. the only valid point he made is that folks who have a problem with gay bashing can form their own scouting organization. As far as ‘american heritage’ goes, i’d like to remind Sprigg that the most american of all christian churches, the UCC, which is the direct descendant of the original Puritan American churches of New England, has no problem with ordaining gay ministers.