[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 71 (Monday, May 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

  (Mr. BRIDENSTINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BRIDENSTINE. I rise today as an Eagle Scout and one who has a 
stake in the future of our scouting programs.
  Some of us in America still believe in the concept of sexual 
morality, that sex is intended for one man and one woman within the 
institution of marriage. Organizations that hold this philosophy and 
promote it among our youth should be commended--or at least, you would 
think, tolerated.
  Unfortunately, the intolerant left bullies and browbeats private 
organizations like the Boy Scouts into accepting their philosophy. 
Notice, they didn't start their own organization; they went after the 
Boy Scouts of America.
  The left's agenda is not about tolerance and it's not about diversity 
of thought. It's about promoting a world view of relativism, where 
there is no right and wrong, then using the full force of the 
government to silence opposition and reshape organizations like the Boy 
Scouts into instruments for social change.
  To my friends on the left, this is not tolerance.
  But here's the good news about true tolerance: the most tolerant One 
of all has the ability to redeem us all.

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