In the Paramount Pictures film Iron Man 2, protagonist Tony Stark donates, against the wishes of his consigliere Pepper Potts, his entire art collection to the Boy Scouts of America. Yes, that group. Not that you shouldn’t see the film. If you like big budget CGI and ass-kicking, it is excellent.
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Silly me, naturally assumed would be the Catholic Church!
Baxter
I’m pretty sure that the Boy Scouts of America has never been convicted of child molestation. Individual members of that group have been, but not the group itself.
biguy
@Baxter: Yeah and the catholic church hierarchy doesn’t have anything to do with enabling pedophiles to avoid prosecution, either.
Vman455
@Baxter: The Catholic church has never been convicted of child molestation either, just individual members. That doesn’t mean the group itself isn’t part of the problem.
oldgayvermonter
This is a completely BS post. As a 20+ year scout leader I can say that if the Boy Scouts Youth Protection Policies, which basically do not allow a scout to be alone with an adult, were adopted by the corrupt and self-serving catholic church, then that church wouldn’t be facing well deserved bankruptcy. That said, the anti-gay policies kept in place by the also corrupt and self-serving national BSA leadership are despicable, and are insisted upon by the Catholic and Mormon churches which sponsor a high percentage of local scout troops. It is entirely appropriate to refuse public funding and free use of public facilities to a self-described “private” organization that violates the non-discrimination policies of increasing parts of the country. These scout policies are an abuse of their gay and questioning young members, who are once again told they are “bad” role models within the troop. Many of those boys are also getting the same screwed up message from the churches they are forced to attend. I have seen the sad effects of these messages on many young men.
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Pope BenaDICK aka the boy nazi has been implicated in some fairly serious accusations regarding the boy diddling priests, he moved many of the accused around different pairshes like a game of hide and seek. Cardinal (broke the) Law his number two man was very close to being indicted of charges, and was forced to flee to the Vatican where he “assumed other duties” to avoid almost certain prosecution. As far as I am concerned the church itself is guilty. If the persons at the top are so close to a major scandal and no one else in the heirarchy is doing anything but protect them, the entire church needs to be held accountable…..It looks like in time this sick story is going to be repeated by the Boy Scouts, same way the church scandal began. Individual pairshes (troops)began to have issues with Priests (scout leaders). As the scandal grew more and more kids came forward same as whats happening with the Boy Scouts today…………
robert
@oldgayvermonter:
“I can say that if the Boy Scouts Youth Protection Policies, which basically do not allow a scout to be alone with an adult, were adopted by the corrupt and self-serving catholic church, then that church wouldn’t be facing well deserved bankruptcy.”
uh, i point you to this article.
Daniel
It is sad that he donates it to a group that is a private religious group (that can kick out members anytime it wishes for any reason including race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, etc) rather than donating it to a group that does not discriminate, like Campfire Boys & Girls, Girl Scouts of America (no affiliation whatsoever with the Boy Scouts of America), or Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
ossurworld
A little more thought from Queerty before plugging a movie, please.
Queerty is obsessed with Jarret Barrios. ZZZ. (John from England)
@ossurworld:
Yeah, I thought it was an odd movie plug too….