Progress Here, Regress There

You might recall that the Boy Scouts of America stirred up controversy when they decided to enact a ban on gay people. One of its members, an 18 year-old, explained the initiative: "The vast majority believe that homosexuality is morality wrong. To allow them in would destroy Boy Scout organization." Nice, huh? Conversely, the Pentagon has decided it will allow uniformed military personnel to march in gay pride parades. Andrew Rosenthal applauds:

Such steps, in the direction not of mere tolerance but of acceptance, make the Boy Scouts’ decision to exclude gay members seem all the more ridiculous. If you’re gay, you can serve openly in the military, and march in uniform in San Diego, but you can’t work as a scout leader in your spare time.

I sense something's wrong here.