Texas Boy Scout leader: Use 'Christian love' and treat gay scouts like criminals (Click on this heading to read more)
By David EdwardsWednesday, January 8, 2014 9:01 EST
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A Boy Scout troop leader in Texas has come under fire after telling a local paper that he would - "in Christian love" - treat gay Boy Scouts like criminals and send them to counseling.
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Marble Falls Troop 284 leader Thom Fairleigh explained to The Highlander that he had reached an agreement allowing his troop to continue being sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Marble Falls after the ban on gay scouts was lifted as of Jan. 1.
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"It's just like if a boy came to me and said he's a thief - in Christian love I would say 'You've got a problem and that we definitely will not approve of it' and we would send him to get pastoral counseling," Fairleigh said.
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Boy Scouts of America Capitol Area Council spokesperson Charles Mead told KEYE that Fairleigh's position was not in line with Boy Scouts policy.
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"It's been our preference and more importantly the preference of the families who are in our program to direct questions of that nature back to the family," Mead insisted.
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