Romney: The Boy Scouts should admit homosexuals?
Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, 2008 US presidential candidate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) WASHINGTON, D.C. , August 7, 2012, – Mitt Romney stands by a 1994 statement that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) should admit homosexuals to the organization, as members or adult supervisors, according to a campaign spokesperson. During a 1994 debate with Ted Kennedy , Romney said , “I support the right of the Boy Scouts of America to decide what it wants to do on that issue. I feel that all people should be able to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation.” Campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul confirmed that Mitt Romney continues to hold that belief today. However, she said Romney, who served as a member of its executive board, has not pressured the organization to change its stance and does not wish to see the Scouts forced to accept homosexuals . LifeSiteNews.com revealed that some chapters of the Boy Scouts do not consider the nati