[MR] funny how people get about what they find ok

[Jeff Smith]

Hmmm....trying to figure out which part of the Boy Scout oath changed since you were a boy.

"On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country;
To obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight"

It's unchanged since 1911.
 
JEFFREY C. SMITH 
both a Scoutmaster and Latter-Day Saint
 
"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, two are a law firm, and three or more become a Congress."  -- President John Adams




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From: logan <logan at ebonwoulfe.com>
To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 1:00:52 AM
Subject: [MR] funny how people get about what they find ok

so somebody promotes a boy scouts of america demo, which is fine by some
folks.  then, someone points out that its an organization that promotes
hatred and bigotry, which is true and is clearly defined by their own self
promotion, well..... ever since the mormons took over in the 1980s and now
sponsor over 60,000 troops and have pushed their agenda and dogma into the
organization.  i was part of that organization as a child and was, until i
stated i was an atheist and was kicked out, a life scout.  the fact that
this organization still sits on a congressional charter from 1910 that
declares it as "a patriotic organization" and allows it to use federal and
state facilities which are funded by our taxes is appalling (not to mention
illegal) since no organization that practices discrimination is supposed to
have access and free use of public facilities.  yet, the scouts cost the us
military over $5 million dollars every time they put on one of their
jamborees on a military base while only paying their $1 annual rent.  some
of us, the ones that the scouts in their own charter (well, since the change
in the 80s), say are morally deficient take great exception.  its funny that
when a person straps a bomb to himself and claims a duty to his god above
all men, all governments, and all things he is considered dangerous but when
an organization makes that same claim behind a child working on a merit
badge in video games or knot tying its ok.  as an atheist and the son of a
homosexual i find the very nature of the bigotry and hatred that is the
mission statement of the boy scouts of america to be patently un-american
and offensive.  some folks, apparently, wish to ignore that here on the
merry rose and find it objectionable when its pointed out.  why?  why is it
not ok to point out the facts about someones sacred cow?  why is it labeled
as an attack when it is merely the truth?



back in 1972 the scouting handbook for scoutmasters stated, as its first
rule:  Rule number 1: You do not undertake to instruct Scouts, in any
formalized manner, in the subject of sex and family life. The reasons are
that it is not construed to be Scouting's proper area, and that you are
probably not well qualified to do this.  now it claims that a person who is
a homosexual is incapable of morality and a person who does not serve their
god is corrupt.  i fully support the scouts freedom of association as soon
as they admit that they are a private organization and they stop accepting
federal (my tax money) funding while holding onto a doctrine of bigotry an
hatred.  



still, i wonder how it is ok for people to take exception to others pointing
out the facts of an organization they happen to support and claim that doing
so is some kind of attack.  facts are facts and bigotry is, for many of us,
unacceptable in this day and age.



regards

logan



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