STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

HOUSE
RESOLUTION 1006	By:	Reynolds

AS INTRODUCED

A Resolution relating to the Boy Scouts of America; urging Boy Scouts of America to follow its traditional values and standards of leadership; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, nondiscrimination laws and policies are now being expanded to include lifestyle preferences and immoral sexual behavior; and
WHEREAS, this expansive redefinition of nondiscrimination is being used to compel even private, self-governing bodies to adopt membership and leadership policies which violate deeply held moral and religious beliefs; and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America has been under relentless assault by those who decry the traditional moral and spiritual standards of this venerable American institution; and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America requires scouts to pledge, “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country” and “to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight”; and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America recently met to discuss potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation; and
WHEREAS, the result of such meeting was to delay taking action on a resolution to allow homosexuals to become scout masters and scouts until its national meeting in May.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 54TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
THAT the Boy Scouts of America is urged to continue to follow its traditional values and standards of leadership.
THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to Wayne Brock, Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America.

54-1-6786	AM	02/11/13