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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:05 PM Original message |
My boy was kicked out of Boy Scouts - by xgz |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm surprised this is news to anyone |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. i have to agree |
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Ohio Metal (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. All the while |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. girl guides is no better..I went through hell with them. n/t |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Yeah, I thought everyone was aware of this. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gotta start the intolerance young, or it might not take...nt |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. I believe the Girl Scouts have a similar oath |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. delete |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. The GS Are Far More Tolerant... |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. agreed.When I was a girl scout,we had members who were jewish,hindu and buddhist |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was a Boy Scout |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The point being though that if you do not believe in god then you must lie about it.. |
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crazylikafox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Don't ask don't tell? |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. When you were eleven years old did you know what all your beliefs were? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. And what if the parents are not church goers and the child has had no religious indoctrination? |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Baden-Powell started the scouting program... |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. i was always led to believe it was to prepare young boys for the life of a soldier |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. That was my experience as well - the law and oath recitation was just |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. perhaps in the last several decades as the Religious Right Fundie extremists have taken over school |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I would not be surprised if that was so. My BSA experience was |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. No doubt there are lots of "good" troops that don't follow the rules. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Sadly, all that has changed. My dad was a scoutmaster from the early 60s through the 70s, iirc... |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. I had a different experience. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. My son left the BoyScouts at 11 yrs old. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. When my sons were little they wanted to join the cub scouts. I refused to let them join because of |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. As an Eagle Scout, this hard stance is on "believing" is very disappointing. |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Where is the part that has him being kicked out? |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I noticed that too. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. No child should be forced to be indoctrinated with religion. nt |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why do they specify a church that they are encouraged to attend? |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Back when I was in cub/boy scouts (the 70's)... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. What I don't get is why the Boy Scouts in this case wanted all of them |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. And by kicked out... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm sorry that he was in such a hard-ass Pack. |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. I would never sign either of my children up for scouts |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's a private organization entitled to make up whatever rules it wants. |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. i was a scoutmaster for 4-5 years |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. We've never had any problems of this kind with our local pack. |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. that was the only problem involving religion and scouting. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe you should consider 4H - following is the oath. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. I went through all the ranks of the Girl Scouts. |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Boy Scouts has alwasys been a religious organization. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Troops were often sponsored by churches or synagogues, but by no means all troops were.... |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. You know, when I taught school in Thailand, |
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