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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 04:24 PM

KamaAina (45,243 posts)

48. Why in the name of the FSM are there troops that are segregated by religion?

Someone should try and start an atheist troop. Or maybe a Pastafarian one.

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97 replies	Author	Time	Post
NBC News: Boy Scouts Close to Ending Ban on Gay Members, Leaders [View all]	Hissyspit	Jan 2013	OP
This is an issue that has prevented us from allowing our boys in scouting	AllyCat	Jan 2013	#1
We didn't allow our son to join Cub Scouts. We made our own group.	Arugula Latte	Jan 2013	#19
Interesting. I don't like a group that discriminates against certain people.	AllyCat	Jan 2013	#22
We just did our own group.	Arugula Latte	Jan 2013	#38
I don't have children but I have insisted that family members with sons do just as you have done	Blasphemer	Jan 2013	#76
I would love to see this happen. n/t	TDale313	Jan 2013	#2
Oh God.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2013	#3
Didn't we just go through this...	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#4
The BSA is getting hammered	Xithras	Jan 2013	#12
Maybe now that Romney lost, they're less concerned about the LDS. n/t	Ian David	Jan 2013	#13
Even Mitt Romney said that the BSA should drop the ban	Xithras	Jan 2013	#32
Yes, but he said that years ago. He's certainly flip-flopped by now. n/t	Ian David	Jan 2013	#33
Possibly	Xithras	Jan 2013	#36
They deserved the hammering they got...	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#25
I agree. This is mostly the national Committee trying ....	oldhippie	Jan 2013	#74
I absolutely do NOT agree with that.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#80
Core values of hatred and bigotry?	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#83
I find it hard to believe that a "former scout" would say that.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#86
It is far more than a few Texas Bigots	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#89
The proposal would not leave the decision to the units, but to the chartering organization.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#90
80% of Scouting units in Arizona	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#91
There's some debate as to what would happen with the Catholic units.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#92
Here you go - Catholic and Mormon bigots won't change. No hope for Arizona Scouting.	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#93
The quote from Sister Walsh is the one I was talking about.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#94
So if the BSA allows local decision	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#95
Yes, the local facilities would not be permitted to block them.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#96
That is interesting to know -thanks	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#97
Not good enough	surrealAmerican	Jan 2013	#5
They would just be following President Obama's lead on Gay Rights being a local issue	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#18
w00t!	Taverner	Jan 2013	#6
It would be one of those "bout time"	Bohunk68	Jan 2013	#7
I'll believe it when I see it.	Fearless	Jan 2013	#8
But they'll allow local bigotry?	SpartanDem	Jan 2013	#9
Yet I got hammered here for not being impressed with President Obama	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#20
And you still haven't done the research I recommended to you	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#30
I have done my research. Have you really done yours?	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#45
When someone relies on racist comments...	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#47
There was nothing racist in my comments	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#49
It's a crack in the facade. It should be celebrated for that reason alone.	randome	Jan 2013	#26
"color me unimpressed with this "change"."	SoapBox	Jan 2013	#42
Many of us involved in scouting have LONG said that this was a simple compromise.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#10
No, not fine if the local group, part of national organization, discriminates	HERVEPA	Jan 2013	#11
First off, this would be a first step.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#17
Thank you	Stargazer09	Jan 2013	#28
I am the CRO for my unit	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#31
No it is not	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#66
And, remember, the "Friggin Mormon" cult, was in the shadows behind	SoapBox	Jan 2013	#43
Exactly. And not quite the shadows. Big, big bucks.	HERVEPA	Jan 2013	#46
Suppose they're the only group in town	TrogL	Jan 2013	#52
There is no limit to the density of scouting units.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#57
You haven't been in much of the rural west or south then	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#67
You're conflating problems.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#81
And you are excusing bigotry and hatred	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#82
To paraphraise Voltaire, "Perfection is the enemy of progress".	Xithras	Jan 2013	#84
If wanting immediate equality for all ends the existence of BSA	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#85
That's where our opinions split.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#87
kick!	hedgehog	Jan 2013	#14
A step forward for progress	iandhr	Jan 2013	#15
How about atheists?	Arugula Latte	Jan 2013	#16
Tell them you pray to the FSM	Lesmoderesstupides	Jan 2013	#24
Ironically, that would work.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#41
In my book FSM is just as valid as any other god people pray too	Lesmoderesstupides	Jan 2013	#44
I never got any shit for being an atheist in the Scouts.	Codeine	Jan 2013	#58
AFAIK most worldwide Scouting has an issue with non-theists.	mwooldri	Jan 2013	#60
I went through 7 years as an adult leader	Gore1FL	Jan 2013	#61
I'd never participate in an organization that had an official no gays/no atheists policy, though.	Arugula Latte	Jan 2013	#70
The US has had backwards laws an policies.	Gore1FL	Jan 2013	#71
I never liked the rah rah rightwing patriotic bent of the Scouts.	Arugula Latte	Jan 2013	#72
I didn't experience that right-wing patriotic bent	Gore1FL	Jan 2013	#77
Excellent. K&R for progress, and may it continue.	Brickbat	Jan 2013	#21
The Mormons relax BSA rules?	longship	Jan 2013	#23
"other organizations have threatened to withdraw their financial support if the BSA drops the ban."	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#27
United Way	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#34
No, no. He's saying some groups will cease funding if they DROP the ban.	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#35
They BSA would be better off if the policy is changed	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#39
Why in the name of the FSM are there troops that are segregated by religion?	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#48
It depends on the chartering organization	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#53
This may be the best that we can hope for	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#29
Discrimination at the Local LEvel is the BEST we could hope for?	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#68
That leaves atheists as the sole pariah now.	no_hypocrisy	Jan 2013	#37
My local troop when I was younger openly ignored the ban	NYC Liberal	Jan 2013	#40
One of the New York Councils has stated that it was ignoring the national policy	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#54
Okay, as long as they're not ATHEIST Gay members...	brooklynite	Jan 2013	#50
SMOKE & MIRRORS!	William769	Jan 2013	#51
This is where I like the Canadian Scouts	Posteritatis	Jan 2013	#55
Most if not all of World Scouting Organizations reject the BSA policy	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#56
It is important for one reason.	Gore1FL	Jan 2013	#79
I am so happy	d_r	Jan 2013	#59
This isn't the victory a lot are making it out to be.	AngryOldDem	Jan 2013	#62
I disagree	Gothmog	Jan 2013	#63
... but only if they agree to castration?	panzerfaust	Jan 2013	#64
Too late.	Occulus	Jan 2013	#65
This Eagle Scout	CRK7376	Jan 2013	#69
This Eagle Scout	Gore1FL	Jan 2013	#78
Not that I have a dog in this fight	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#73
My son's scout group is headed by a transgendered man	marshall	Jan 2013	#75
I can't help but laugh at all the right wingers calling up on the radio...	davidn3600	Jan 2013	#88

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