Dan Abel wrote:
> In article . com>,
> "merryb" > wrote:
>
> > Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
>
> > > fight over it. His reasoning is, why penalize an 8 year old for something
> > > the adults have f*cked up? We both dislike the BSA's discriminatory
> > > practices and are generally quite vocal about it. He still bought the
> > > pizza.
>
> > I'd like to know what you are talking about regarding the B.S.'s. We
> > just signed my 9 year old up for Cub Scouts, and am concerned about
> > your remarks. The only thing(so far) I have concern about is the
> > religious aspect as we are athesist.
>
> Atheists are not allowed or tolerated. The issue here, though, is gays.
> Gays are not allowed in leadership roles. My daughter went to high
> school with Steven Cozza, who is an Eagle Scout who founded:
>
> http://www.scoutingforall.org/
>
> Local groups, and regional offices, don't necessarily agree with this
> discrimination, but the national office is very powerful.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
>
> Petaluma, California, USA
Before we joined, we had gone to an orientation in a small town. It was
all older kids, and the leader gave me the absolute creeps. The boys
there reminded me of the kids at school I would have called nerds or
losers in my day. The leader gave me the creeps so much that I dropped
the idea of joining until we went to another orientation at our local
elementary school. Totally different vibe there. I guess we had not
better mention our religious thoughts, huh? I am not against my son
thinking otherwise, tho. If he feels the need for religion, I will help
him find the answers he is looking for.