by Brent Baker
An 11-year-old expert on stem cell research? No matter how bad network news gets, Paramount’s syndicated Entertainment Tonight shows it could always be even more shallow.
Concluding a story on celebrities who support embryonic stem cell research, such as Michael J. Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Christopher Reeve, Jason Alexander, David Hyde Pierce, Billy Baldwin, Richard Kind, Lyle MacLachlan and Michael Boatman, ET co-host Bob Goen wrapped up the August 10 item: “Other celebrities who have come out publicly to support stem cell research are Kevin Kline and young Jonathan Lipnicki.”
Jonathan Lipnicki? He’s a lot closer to being an embryo than most actors since he was born on October 22, 1990, making him not even quite 11.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Lipnicki had roles in the movies Stuart Little 2, Stuart Little, Doctor Doolittle and Jerry Maguire, in which as a five-year-old he played the role of “Ray Boyd.” He’s also made several guest appearances on WB’s Dawson's Creek.
For more on him, go to: imdb.com.
(This update courtesy of the Media Research Center.)
Boy Scouts' Boston Council Rejects Reports of Pro-Homosexual Policy
by Chad Groening
(AgapePress) – The Boston Minuteman Council of the Boy Scouts of America says it is in complete compliance with the national organization’s ban on homosexuals serving as Scout leaders, despite several major news reports stating otherwise.
The controversy started when the Boston Globe printed an article picked up by several other publications, claiming the Minuteman Council was clearing the way for homosexual Scout leaders by adopting a new “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
But executive director Brock Bigsby says that his council actually reaffirmed the homosexual ban, and never used the term “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“We do not consider our policy a ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy,” he says. “We don’t consider the Boy Scouts of America policy to be a ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. I never used that term, and I don’t know where they got that term.”
National Boy Scouts spokesman Gregg Shields says the Scouts in fact do not ask prospective leaders about their sexual orientation. But he says if they are later found out to be homosexual, they will be removed from their position.
“He would be sent a letter informing him of his removal, and he’d be sent a check back for his membership dues,” Shields says.
Shields wants to make it clear that avowed homosexuals are absolutely not allowed to serve with the Boy Scouts in Boston, or anywhere else.
(This update courtesy of Agape Press.)