I agree the policy is inconsistent. To not allow any qualified applicant the ability to fulfill a community service role is still wrong. The BSA clearly was thinking about the many charters that are hosted by religious affiliation. In a half assed attempt to right some wrong they made a decision that is convoluted and won't prevent a single religious entity from pulling its support while still baring certain individuals based on something as silly as sexual preference.
I know as a pup on this board my crazy ideals of equality seem stupid to most, but someone please try at least to explain to me how exclusion bases on, Race, Religion, Sex, Stature, or Financial Standing has ever in the history of the world made society better.
I don't care what make believe text you entertain as reality, every make up of the human species has made a significant impact on how we live our lives. Inventions, discoveries in nature and science, changes in social interaction can all be attributed to people with similar and vastly different genetic makeups. So why do so many of you, who claim to love Liberty and Freedom and a Government of Laws and not men, clamor for a completely homogenized society?