Comments on: Boy Scouts legislation passed http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JONBOY http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26915 JONBOY Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26915 I just wonder what would be the outcome if the BSA refused to allow African Americans or Jewish people into their organization? Let them discriminate all they want to, BUT, pull all their federal funding money, and make them pay tax's like all private clubs.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I just wonder what would be the outcome if the BSA refused to allow African Americans or Jewish people into their organization? Let them discriminate all they want to, BUT, pull all their federal funding money, and make them pay tax’s like all private clubs.

]]> By: MamaG http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26917 MamaG Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26917 ITA with Jonboy. I'm new here (the blog, but not the A/A site) but have long followed the sordid dealings of the BSA.<br /> <br /> This always makes me want to buy and eat more girl scout cookies too. I've been trying to post around and see if anyone knows why there's not more furor from the religious right over the tolerance of the Girl Scounts. <br /> <br /> ST ITA with Jonboy. I’m new here (the blog, but not the A/A site) but have long followed the sordid dealings of the BSA.

This always makes me want to buy and eat more girl scout cookies too. I’ve been trying to post around and see if anyone knows why there’s not more furor from the religious right over the tolerance of the Girl Scounts.

ST

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26919 karen Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26919 The kid that painted "I'm gay" on the back of my son's car was just touted in the paper for receiving his Eagle Scout award. <br /> <br /> When I tried to beg out of my voluteer position in Girl Scouting many years ago on the grounds that I was an atheist, I was told just not to tell anyone, because they jsut didn't have enough volunteers.<br /> ***<br /> This back-door bill is outrageous. It's one more step on the RR's parade route. The kid that painted “I’m gay” on the back of my son’s car was just touted in the paper for receiving his Eagle Scout award.

When I tried to beg out of my voluteer position in Girl Scouting many years ago on the grounds that I was an atheist, I was told just not to tell anyone, because they jsut didn’t have enough volunteers.
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This back-door bill is outrageous. It’s one more step on the RR’s parade route.

]]> By: RoostaNH http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26922 RoostaNH Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26922 Tying the BSA to Defense Dept bills!!<br /> In addition to the anti-gay and anti-atheist practices...I can see this as strengthening the old paramilitary ties and lead to recruiting kids from BSA into the big boys army like Hilter did. Gee lets set up BSA packs in low income areas tied to Community Development grants and suck even more minorities into Bushes army Tying the BSA to Defense Dept bills!!
In addition to the anti-gay and anti-atheist practices…I can see this as strengthening the old paramilitary ties and lead to recruiting kids from BSA into the big boys army like Hilter did. Gee lets set up BSA packs in low income areas tied to Community Development grants and suck even more minorities into Bushes army

]]> By: tomwright http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26925 tomwright Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26925 Bigot Scouts of America strikes again.<br /> <br /> Karen, Do the scouts no that their new Eagle Scout scrawled a public admission of his gayness on your sons car?<br /> <br /> Oh, and is the Eagle Scout or Fleagle Scout? Bigot Scouts of America strikes again.

Karen, Do the scouts no that their new Eagle Scout scrawled a public admission of his gayness on your sons car?

Oh, and is the Eagle Scout or Fleagle Scout?

]]> By: tomwright http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26926 tomwright Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26926 or is that Kleagle scout? or is that Kleagle scout?

]]> By: reluctantatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26927 reluctantatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26927 Well, I find the whole thing just...ridiculous. <br /> Tying an addendum to the BSA in a defense bill?!? WTF?<br /> 1 sentence above did strike me as somewhat off:<br /> <blockquote> -Who has a national executive arrested for receiving and distributing child por_nography.</blockquote><br /> Am unclear on this point: which nat'l executive? Was this person guilty? <br /> Until that's clarified for me, the rest of it is just bugfuckery. Well, I find the whole thing just…ridiculous.
Tying an addendum to the BSA in a defense bill?!? WTF?
1 sentence above did strike me as somewhat off:

-Who has a national executive arrested for receiving and distributing child por_nography.

Am unclear on this point: which nat’l executive? Was this person guilty?
Until that’s clarified for me, the rest of it is just bugfuckery.

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26929 karen Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26929 TW<br /> Heh. "<i>his ,/I>gayness" heheh.<br /> No, the scouts don't know. As far as I know, anyhoo. <br /> Hell. It could have been the requirement for one of his merit badges. <br /> <br /> Eagle Scout must not be as hard to achieve as it used to be. I've seen several teens make it that really surprised me. <br /> My brother used to be in the Order of the Arrow. RoostaH's post made me remember that. They sure had a lot of secrets for a non-secret society.<br /> </i> TW
Heh. “his ,/I>gayness” heheh.
No, the scouts don’t know. As far as I know, anyhoo.
Hell. It could have been the requirement for one of his merit badges.

Eagle Scout must not be as hard to achieve as it used to be. I’ve seen several teens make it that really surprised me.
My brother used to be in the Order of the Arrow. RoostaH’s post made me remember that. They sure had a lot of secrets for a non-secret society.

]]> By: tomwright http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26934 tomwright Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26934 Adding unrelasted stuff into bills is an old game in washington. it isused to get small pet legislation through on the coattails of popular legislation, and it can also be used to poison legislation that someone does not want to go through.<br /> <br /> Just add the appropriate rider to the bill, as you need.<br /> <br /> If someone votes for a bill with a poison rider, you can claim they voted fro some hideous thing.<br /> <br /> If they vote against it, you can claim they voted against the main bill.<br /> <br /> Politics is just plain nasty.<br /> <br /> Adding unrelasted stuff into bills is an old game in washington. it isused to get small pet legislation through on the coattails of popular legislation, and it can also be used to poison legislation that someone does not want to go through.

Just add the appropriate rider to the bill, as you need.

If someone votes for a bill with a poison rider, you can claim they voted fro some hideous thing.

If they vote against it, you can claim they voted against the main bill.

Politics is just plain nasty.

]]> By: brock2 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/11/boy_scouts_legislation_passed/comment-page-1#comment-26942 brock2 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26942 He's da King - he do what he want - you gotta problem with dat !<br /> Besides, some of you don't follow rules, why should he.<br /> <br /> Why is it Libertarians don't like public (government) schools ? How many of you believe your kids should recite the pledge of allegiance at school. Don't answer - I don't want to know. He’s da King – he do what he want – you gotta problem with dat !
Besides, some of you don’t follow rules, why should he.

Why is it Libertarians don’t like public (government) schools ? How many of you believe your kids should recite the pledge of allegiance at school. Don’t answer – I don’t want to know.

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