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Fuck the Boy Scouts and the bigots that run them. dbackjon Jul 2012 #1
I was a boy scout.. iamthebandfanman Jul 2012 #2
I was cub scout. I didn't like it much and we started a 4H club instead. tk2kewl Jul 2012 #4
I did both but loved 4H -- there were girls KurtNYC Jul 2012 #48
girls girls girls tk2kewl Jul 2012 #49
4H was where I, as a city kid, met the most mature and responsible of my peers, eg farm kids KurtNYC Jul 2012 #50
most of the 4Hers I knew were Long Island suburbanites tk2kewl Jul 2012 #53
I grew up near Rochester and was the lone city kid KurtNYC Jul 2012 #55
best of luck with that! tk2kewl Jul 2012 #57
4H in SE Ks in the late 80's early 90's Sentath Jul 2012 #56
allowing Scouting to remain focused on its mission AlbertCat Jul 2012 #3
No women, no atheists, no gays, what a weird damned group. CBGLuthier Jul 2012 #5
No atheists? Is that a restriction too? Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #43
Yes, no atheists sakabatou Jul 2012 #44
It's basically a non-denominational Christian organization Bradical79 Jul 2012 #46
The BSA is primarily a Mormon youth organization now, it has been distroyed by those bastards. The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #6
The Mormons have too much influcence in BSA Gothmog Jul 2012 #18
The right wing Catholics are predominant in our community. hunter Jul 2012 #22
Not many people are aware that the Mormons use BSA as their own after-school program byeya Jul 2012 #23
Locally the United Way cut off the Boy Scouts years ago. The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #38
Thanks for the information; it's good to know somewhere bigotry is not ignored byeya Jul 2012 #42
BSA has become a very creepy organization. In my youth, decades ago, I RKP5637 Jul 2012 #54
Maybe enough people will boycott it.. AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #7
The majority of the membership is Mormon, it's their official boy's youth program. They aren't The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #8
Mormons only account for AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #9
Don't kid yourself, it's the majority of the BSA membership by far. The organization could go on The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #17
Got numbers/stats, and a citation? n/t PavePusher Jul 2012 #35
my pleasure The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #37
So, not a majority in any way, shape or form. PavePusher Jul 2012 #39
pffffffffffffffffffffffttttt The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #40
Did I miss some sarcasm, or were you merely promoting distortions/untruths and regional bigotry? PavePusher Jul 2012 #41
Props to the Girl Scouts for embracing diversity obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #10
The Mormon church is heavily vested in the Boy Scouts, as are the Catholics. Raster Jul 2012 #11
Bullshit. Predictable. Explicable. Minor gain. dmallind Jul 2012 #12
Then I'm keeping my policy of not supporting the Boy Scouts LynneSin Jul 2012 #14
Don't ask, don't tell, bitches. I know a gay Eagle Scout. onehandle Jul 2012 #15
There are a significant number of gay leaders in my scout district Gothmog Jul 2012 #20
I'm sure that's more common than most would believe. onehandle Jul 2012 #21
Don't Ask, Don't Tell has worked for our district Gothmog Jul 2012 #25
The Government needs to stop supporting this organization Sgent Jul 2012 #16
There are a large number of leaders in BSA working to change this stupid policy Gothmog Jul 2012 #19
And meanwhile the UK Scouting Association policy: Spider Jerusalem Jul 2012 #24
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it'll change just as the U.S. military changed tomm2thumbs Jul 2012 #27
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Oh WELCOME to DU tomm2thumbs Jul 2012 #29
fraudulent studies, homophobic propaganda johnnypneumatic Jul 2012 #30
Oh Jesus Christ... (in more ways than one) dmallind Jul 2012 #31
I only lasted a month before I quit... brooklynite Jul 2012 #32
The bigots want their exclusive club? Fine. The United Way should drop them. alphafemale Jul 2012 #33
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Oh fuck off, for fuck's sake. PavePusher Jul 2012 #36
Go be a shit-nozzle... elsewhere. AlbertCat Jul 2012 #45
That's probably the best way to protect kids from abuse 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #47
unblock: we're keeping policy banning boy scouts. unblock Jul 2012 #51
BSA should be called out for what it is, a HATE GROUP! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #52
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