Michael Dog3 Lonergan wrote:
> "merryb" >
> oups.com:
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> > Thank you for the info- so far, religion has not ever been mentioned.
> > I would hate for my son to be omitted for something that I feel. We
> > live in the Pacific Northwest, and hopefully we are a little more
> > open-minded here.
>
> You might want to check into it further. Here in St. Louis many of the BS
> chapters are now denied access to many public areas for their use ie: some
> parks, community centers, fire and police stations etc. Taxpayers do not
> want their tax dollars to benefit a discriminatory organization. It was a
> huge issue here a few years back. A friend of mine used to lease a
> building to the BSA for $1 a year. The BS had a retail shop and meeting
> rooms, basically for free. He did not renew their lease. I don't know if
> the chapter moved or disbanded or was absorbed by other chapters. My
> friend is an atheist and he is also ***.
>
> Michael
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> --
> Food Trivia:
> Jesse James (1847-1882), outlaw and desperado of the old American West,
> refused to rob a bank in McKinney, Texas because that is where his favorite
> chili parlor was located.
Hmmmm- I guess that's why they hold their meetings at the local
Lutheran church. I don't mind a little religion thrown in, as I am
trying to raise a morally aware child, but without structured religion.
I was raised Catholic, and spent most of my childhood attendind church
on Sundays, and CCD during the week. There was a young priest that came
to the parish, Fr Vince-he was the young, cool, hip priest, always
involved with the youth programs. Find out a few years ago, he was
molesting my peer male friends. I lost a lot of respect for the church.
Now there seems to be so much corruption coming out that I would prefer
to stay away and not expose my child to that.