Changing times forced changes in the Scout handbook

I am responding to the letter to the editor published in The Hub (Sept. 22) regarding "Scout stance on homosexuality a late addition to handbook."

Mr. Nate Cotler points out that the opportunity to "decry" homosexuality in the 1927 edition of the Scout handbook was not taken. "Why," he queries, "does it suddenly appear in the year 2000?"

The answer is obvious. In 1927 homosexuality was clearly considered immoral, and there was no need to mention it in the handbook.

The issue is being raised now because the Bible-based morality of 1927 (and long before that) is being questioned and rejected.

Barbara E. Bruccoleri

Tinton Falls