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d_r

(6,907 posts)
6. the office of faith based initiatives called
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:01 PM
Feb 2013

they want their charitible choice principle back.


but seriously. it is hard for me to get as upset about the bsa requiring a belief in "something" as it is to get upset about the ban of people who are homosexual from memberhip. People are boen gay. thats who they are. it is great if someone wants to have no faith. fine. but why want to join a caith based organization? again. the bsa allows any faith. including self defined personal spirituality. so if you believe in ethicws or logic or humanism or morality you can claim that as a personal beleif system. you dont have to believe in flying spaghetti monster. you could believe on science. that is your personal defined spirituality. you could believe there is no such thing s spirituality and that is your personal defined spirituality. you can believe that your beliefs are reality and thus superior to the supertitious beliefs of fools. and guess what that is yor self defined sense of spirituality.

that is just not as sympathetic as being discriminated against bc of your biology. thats my opinion.

again i dont support it or agree but i thi8nk the two are not equal.

and this point -4 that bsa recieves "federal dollars" and can not support a religioin is weak.

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