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DALLAS — In a sharply worded commentary — penned for the conservative “gun shooting sports news” site, Ammoland.com — actor Chuck Norris suggested that President Barack Obama is working to create “a pro-gay Boy Scouts of America.”
Norris’ article, which is largely written as a series of provocative questions versus direct statements, cited a number of “coincidences” that leads him to believe the White House is behind recent efforts to bring an end to the Boy Scouts’ ban on gay scouts and scout leaders.
Chuck Norris
Norris implied that Ernst & Young Chairman and CEO James Turley, a board member of the Boy Scouts who earlier this month said he would work from within the organization to end the ban, was “prodded with perks and favors” from the Obama administration in order to incite the change.
“Is it a coincidence that a couple of months ago, Obama reversed his position on marriage, extending the union to gay couples, and that Turley just came out of the closet in his position against the BSA’s position?
“Is it a coincidence that in the same few weeks when Turley turned on the BSA with his pro-gay stance, Obama turned on the U.S. military and sent down a decree that the service branches must celebrate “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month”?
“Is it a coincidence that Turley is in tight cahoots with the White House and that he is the only BSA national board member in 100 years to oppose its pro-traditional family stance?
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“Is it a coincidence that as the honorary BSA president and a ‘constitutional lawyer,’ Obama hasn’t had one minute in his schedule over the past years to defend or say anything about the series of lawsuits that have been levied against the BSA because of its First Amendment rights to stand against atheists, agnostics and homosexuals?”
Full article at Ammoland.com →
Norris’ conclusion is that Turley, an Obama supporter who was nominated to the President’s Export Council in 2010 and attended a March 14 State Dinner at the White House, is opposing the BSA’s anti-gay policies as a favor to Obama, or as he claimed, “You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours.”
In response, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) issued a statement calling Norris “a fame-hungry has-been with poor research skills.”
“Chuck Norris should talk to Mitt Romney, who Norris endorsed for president and who has said on the record that all Americans should be able to participate in the Boy Scouts of America regardless of sexual orientation,” said GLAAD spokesperson Rich Ferraro, in a statement.
Last year, Norris penned a piece for the anti-gay American Family Association, asserting that the Obama Administration had declared war on religion.
In that article, Norris erroneously claimed that, since the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” new Pentagon regulations were forcing chaplains to perform same-sex “weddings” despite their religious objections.
The actual Defense Department guidance issued to military chaplains said they may participate in ceremonies on or off military bases in states that recognize gay unions, and specifically stated that chaplains are not required to officiate at same-sex weddings if doing so is counter to their religious or personal beliefs.
LGBTQ Nation‘s calls to the actor and Ammoland.com for comment went unanswered.
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Chuck Norris has always been a lying, hatemongering lowlife. He makes me sick.
Fuck off asshole. What an idiot. I can’t for the day when a majority of the people will look back at crazy dumbasses like anti-gay bigots with the same scorn, disgust, and utter disbelief that decent people do now when it comes to sexists, racism, and other types of bigotry. I’m so fucking sick of this
guess he has forgot to think about all the glbt that brought his total gym…..
Next month in the news: Chuck Norris gets caught in bed with a male prostitute.
Chuck Norris officially sucks now.
Madora; put your shoes on and get out of the kitchen dearie. Norris is at least making a quaint attempt at rejoining the modern human race.
He’s suddenly less intimidating.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chuck-norris-facts
Just more proof that Chuck Norris is a d-bag
Wow, for such a superhero, he sure is scared of gay people, isn’t he?
and now he’s more awesome
and i have officially lost respect and interest in chuck norris
Chuck Norris approved!!!
Douche.
what a dickhole. you just know he’s in the closet.
But Matt disapproved ><
this is sad
disappointing…
Chuck always has been and always will be a gigantic douche.
I have lost all respect for this S—bag. His wife needs to be put in a daisy chain with other women while she is wasted. Chuck needs to have sex with a male. F___ you Asshole Norris.
Well…there goes the end of that meme… Chuck Norris is a hero to every asshole who has ever wanted to stand up to his/her homophobic beliefs. I can’t wait to see the look on his face when the boy scouts gets rid of the hate they’ve been putting in the minds of our young boys for a long time.
I’d rather the white house push a pro-gay agenda than a chuck norris agenda. This coming from the man who has endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.
Wow what a bag of monkey shit!!
chuck who????
Chuck Norris can suck it! He’s lame and washed out anyways…
40+ years ago I was a Boy Scout. My forst pseudo-sexual experience was on our first overnight camp out!
As I grew older many friends said the same so it’s probably still a “secret tradition”! Isn’t there a circle jerk merit badge now? lol
My Boy Scout experience was about the same time as Stonewall! Go figure! It was closeted long before there was a “gay agenda”!
Hey no gay no $$$
Chuck Norris has no chin behind his beard, just homophobia!
Seriously, what a lame ass. No one is “pro-gay”, just pro human rights.
Shut up, chuck, you are irrelevant.
What a total douce bag!! Then again it is Chuck Norris…what did anyone expect?!?!
So not only are his movies bad. But so are his ideas.
Chuck Norris is about irrelevant in his misguided opinion as his movies are today, Nobody cares but the Conservative nuts who carry guns.
Chuck has never gotten over being short.
Can someone please tell me why old, tired, washed-up, never-was, “Walker, Texas Ranger” even significant? This dude is weird. Gay kids wanna be in the Boy Scouts too and to shame them and making them feel like they don’t belong is just plain mean.
Whatever he’s up to, I’m not buying it.
About sums it up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdU0Ne3yrsQ
FUCK Chuck Norris! How long before we catch him in Florida with a rent boy?
he’s a dick
Chuck Norris is a scumbag.
That rug he calls hair must be cutting off circulation to his brain…
I have no words… This is just mind blowing in a very bad way..
Just ignore him
and why dose anyone care what a washed up B actor thinks
I don’t care HOW much I needed the publicity, I would not go this far.
chuck norris can sit on it and spin three times..piece of human shit….how does this man matter anyway?…is he trying to revive his DEAD career?
he’s a funny guy, well not funny Haha1
Who care what he says …. for one he is a crappy actor who can’t make any movie believable or tv show for that fact …. and yes all he is looking for is to be in the spotlite again …. there is no chance of a come back for him and he knows it …. so we all just need to look over an idiot like him and move on …. it would make us all happier to ignore all these idiots.
didnt like him before… dont like him now… still wont like him in the future. just sayin.
How do I say this nicely….FUCK YOU Chuck Norris !!
chuck is just a homophobic
Little Napolean syndrome, clearly.
Another Kirk Cameron syndrome.. a has been ex-actor ( who never was very good at acting) is trying to keep his old name relevant by pushing the hate / homophobic agenda…. Face it chuck the only thing you are good at doing is growing more hair on your back then a dog…..
Norris can actually smile….
Pathetic old has-been.
He sure looks happy……..Bastard =)