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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:10 PM Original message |
Pentagon Settles Suit Over Boy Scout Support |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. From the headline, I thought they were sending the Boy Scouts to Iraq |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Give them time...I wouldn't rule that option out |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow...this sucks. |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Bigotry and state sponsered religion sucks |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. All they have to do to end this is to end their discriminatory pol. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I am a product of the BSA (Eagle Scout...1989) |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I guess what I'm saying is... |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. the Boy Scouts leadership made it an issue |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I know. Check out the sponsorship of these troops/packs... |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Huh? What are You Saying? |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I was a scout too. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I agree. In some countries you can't be a scout unless you're Catholic |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 09:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Then explain this... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Naw, I won't do that, but it's harder to explain this... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe this will make the Boy Scouts reconsider their position |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. The scouts are hurting themselves. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. If enough good people in Scouting take a principled stand about this - |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Fat chance about that...take a look at the local council's |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. So then, what's the solution? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And, like I said...fat chance. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Paul Harvey, in his infinite RW wisdom, said that it was a suit filed |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not entirely true.. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm ready to throw my Eagle Scout medal over the wall |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Don't do that. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. You're sweet |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I'm with Ya! |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Fuck The Boy Scouts!!! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Here's what I wrote to the Regional Scout Office almost 2 years ago today. |
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markdd (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. BSA will probably never change |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. That list is where the scouts meet, not necessarily the religion of each |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. What about Buddhist Scouts? |
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SquireJons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. Ollie North is a paid National Spokesman for the BSA |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. You Mean as in "CONVICTED FELON OLLIE NORTH" ? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. Why do the Girl Scouts of America never have these problems? |
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blue northern (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. yeah and girls don't fart either. n/t |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. Don't expect government funds |
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suigeneris (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. I read the NJ decision once and... |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Time to start forwarding the Scout roster mailing lists |
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