bullwinkle428
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Thu Mar-22-07 10:41 AM
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| 65. The camp that I attended is alive and well and still thriving today - |
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Google is my friend! http://www.camplakeland.com / Being a kid today is so much cooler - they didn't have the go-karts, driving range, mountain biking, mountain boarding, ropes course, etc. when I attended 30+ years ago! |
| -Aw...The Cute, Gay-Hating Boy Scouts are on The Today Show! |
stopbush |
Mar-21-07 09:47 AM |
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Backed by the Supreme Court of the United States |
terrya |
Mar-21-07 09:50 AM |
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The media loves boy scouts |
DemKR |
Mar-21-07 09:51 AM |
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It would be interesting to see what would happen if someone defended the Boy Scouts |
bryant69 |
Mar-21-07 09:53 AM |
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It's not worth it |
johnnie |
Mar-21-07 09:59 AM |
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I am a former Boy Scout |
Squatch |
Mar-21-07 09:59 AM |
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You don't recall "much" gay hating, so I assume you recall "some" gay hating. |
stopbush |
Mar-21-07 10:19 AM |
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So you think Squatch is a Bigot? |
bryant69 |
Mar-21-07 10:21 AM |
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No, you're not. He's calling me a bigot. |
Squatch |
Mar-21-07 10:28 AM |
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Mar-21-07 10:30 AM |
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I guess I'm a Bigot by your definition as well then |
bryant69 |
Mar-21-07 10:32 AM |
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It's not my definition. |
stopbush |
Mar-21-07 10:38 AM |
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Yeah but even if I did, why would you listen to the ramblings of a bigot? |
bryant69 |
Mar-21-07 11:07 AM |
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I'm a former gay scout. I'd be interested in what you have to say. (nt) |
94114_San_Francisco |
Mar-21-07 11:24 AM |
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Once again I'm going to play the "Coward" card |
bryant69 |
Mar-21-07 11:33 AM |
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How odd.... |
MonkeyFunk |
Mar-21-07 09:47 PM |
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I remember that |
bryant69 |
Mar-22-07 10:45 AM |
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so it's fine when you throw the word around |
MonkeyFunk |
Mar-22-07 10:51 AM |
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I suppose your right |
bryant69 |
Mar-22-07 10:58 AM |
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no thanks |
MonkeyFunk |
Mar-22-07 11:37 AM |
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laughs - well aren't you noble |
bryant69 |
Mar-22-07 11:45 AM |
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I spent years in the scouts |
Radical Activist |
Mar-21-07 11:31 AM |
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As a former Boy Scout and Eagle Scout |
EvolveOrConvolve |
Mar-22-07 12:22 PM |
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same goes here |
Maine-ah |
Mar-22-07 01:37 PM |
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Me too |
EstimatedProphet |
Mar-21-07 11:10 AM |
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I was also an Eagle Scout. |
Radical Activist |
Mar-21-07 11:27 AM |
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R.A., I'm sure you're right to some extent. |
Oregonian |
Mar-22-07 12:19 PM |
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Why don't you start your own boys group rather than enabling an anti-gay organization? |
Oregonian |
Mar-22-07 12:17 PM |
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Do go ahead and defend them if you care to. |
Bluebear |
Mar-21-07 11:16 AM |
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Nah - I already explained that I'm a coward |
bryant69 |
Mar-21-07 11:17 AM |
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Well, at least you are owning your big ol' yellow streak there. |
Jamastiene |
Mar-21-07 05:46 PM |
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I don't think they give one for cowardness |
bryant69 |
Mar-22-07 10:59 AM |
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I'm not afraid to |
texastoast |
Mar-21-07 06:00 PM |
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Another Eagle Scout here |
Stuckinthebush |
Mar-22-07 01:48 PM |
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Here's something that troubles me |
Jacobin |
Mar-21-07 10:33 AM |
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You are making the classic mistake of equating pedophilia against |
stopbush |
Mar-21-07 10:45 AM |
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I don't think most parents |
Jacobin |
Mar-21-07 10:53 AM |
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I spent several summers attending "sleepaway camps", |
bullwinkle428 |
Mar-21-07 01:58 PM |
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When I was in the boy scouts |
Jacobin |
Mar-21-07 02:16 PM |
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I am a male Girl Scout leader |
AllegroRondo |
Mar-21-07 04:16 PM |
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Precisely. |
Jamastiene |
Mar-21-07 06:03 PM |
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they were surprized by some of the simplest things |
AllegroRondo |
Mar-22-07 10:33 AM |
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Can I ask you for an opinion on something? |
Jamastiene |
Mar-23-07 12:41 AM |
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This would have been in the early-mid 1970s for me... |
bullwinkle428 |
Mar-21-07 09:30 PM |
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The camp that I attended is alive and well and still thriving today - |
bullwinkle428 |
Mar-22-07 10:41 AM |
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Actually, many many parents allow it and often. |
Jamastiene |
Mar-21-07 05:57 PM |
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A boy can be in scouts until they turn 18. |
Radical Activist |
Mar-21-07 11:34 AM |
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You'd need to go into more detail to convince me. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Mar-21-07 04:01 PM |
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"Sufficienly surprising?"...or are you just uninformed? |
stopbush |
Mar-21-07 05:44 PM |
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That isn't my understanding |
gollygee |
Mar-21-07 05:56 PM |
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But here's the thing. Gay male scout leaders ARE currently taking |
cboy4 |
Mar-21-07 01:14 PM |
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I think top scout leaders know this. |
Radical Activist |
Mar-21-07 01:48 PM |
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That makes me feel a lot better knowing you've not seen any |
cboy4 |
Mar-21-07 03:46 PM |
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I'm just correcting |
Radical Activist |
Mar-21-07 05:32 PM |
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It would be a much better situation if the Boy Scouts were |
cboy4 |
Mar-21-07 06:04 PM |
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The assumption that gay people have no control over themselves is maddening. n/t |
thecatburgler |
Mar-21-07 05:49 PM |
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And that's puting it mildly! n/t |
cboy4 |
Mar-21-07 05:56 PM |
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I don't see a problem with either of your examples. |
JackBeck |
Mar-21-07 01:52 PM |
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OK, Brave One, here goes: |
donco6 |
Mar-21-07 05:52 PM |
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Well said! n/t |
Mad_Dem_X |
Mar-22-07 01:13 PM |
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that's because you were a scout |
northzax |
Mar-21-07 06:04 PM |
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The discussion wasn't about gay boy scouts |
gravity |
Mar-21-07 11:16 AM |
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My two kids are cub scouts and I will be damned if I let them |
GreenPartyVoter |
Mar-21-07 11:27 AM |
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it sounds like according to this thread that there are several members of DU who were boy scouts |
WI_DEM |
Mar-21-07 11:37 AM |
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Mar-21-07 11:39 AM |
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So you're not 'cowardly' enough to snipe, just to explain yourself? |
Bluebear |
Mar-21-07 11:40 AM |
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Yep - you see i am only 2/3rds cowardly |
bryant69 |
Mar-21-07 11:43 AM |
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Whatever |
WI_DEM |
Mar-21-07 05:43 PM |
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Former Scout and leader |
seemunkee |
Mar-21-07 11:42 AM |
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It has something to do with today's story for me and a number of other |
stopbush |
Mar-21-07 11:53 AM |
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They're KIDS for Jebus' sake! |
Raskolnik |
Mar-21-07 04:35 PM |
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She could have asked their troop leader, couldn't she? |
stopbush |
Mar-21-07 05:34 PM |
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What you are requesting is completely unreasonable right now |
gravity |
Mar-21-07 06:12 PM |
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De facto Scouts are much like Clinton--they don't ask |
texastoast |
Mar-21-07 09:07 PM |
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I'm not sure you understand the problem many of us are having with your position. |
Raskolnik |
Mar-21-07 09:47 PM |
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I believe the OP was wondering the boy left the camp because he was harassed |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-22-07 11:32 AM |
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And in the process, the OP called a bunch of kids "gay hating bigots" & compared them to Brownshirts |
Raskolnik |
Mar-22-07 12:01 PM |
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An analogy too far, true dat. |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-22-07 12:13 PM |
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Not to quibble, but those statements were in the OP. |
Raskolnik |
Mar-22-07 01:05 PM |
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He wasn't asking Ms. Viera to harangue the kids about the policy |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-22-07 01:10 PM |
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I don't think we disagree. |
Raskolnik |
Mar-22-07 01:19 PM |
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LOL!!! I have it lucky, I can get ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery instead |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-22-07 01:25 PM |
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The BSA are no different than orgs that won't allow blacks or Jews |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-21-07 06:58 PM |
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Tell me what you think: |
DarbyUSMC |
Mar-21-07 07:18 PM |
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I don't like the BSA's discrim. against gays, nor do I like their discrim against atheists. |
kath |
Mar-21-07 07:24 PM |
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The scouts are potentially good organization |
Katzenkavalier |
Mar-21-07 09:33 PM |
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The Girl Scout org is different than Boy Scouts |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-22-07 10:43 AM |
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Yes, I was "asked to leave" for being an atheist. |
AllegroRondo |
Mar-22-07 10:45 AM |
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Ugh, another reason to continue my boycott of the BSA. |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-22-07 10:54 AM |
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She can always look around for another troop |
AllegroRondo |
Mar-22-07 11:17 AM |
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Another reason not to love 'em... |
SidDithers |
Mar-22-07 11:02 AM |
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thanks for posting that |
Bill McBlueState |
Mar-22-07 12:19 PM |
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I looked at that picture of that kid |
Horse with no Name |
Mar-22-07 10:56 AM |
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Any organization that needs a separate web site... |
SidDithers |
Mar-22-07 10:59 AM |
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Penn & Teller recently did a Bullshit episode debunking the BSA's discriminatory policies |
EOO |
Mar-22-07 11:25 AM |
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Yeah, I'm sure those kids are all homophobes, |
Kelly Rupert |
Mar-22-07 11:42 AM |
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We wouldn't let our son join the Scouts -- We started our own boys group. |
Oregonian |
Mar-22-07 12:15 PM |
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That is a little over the top |
BoneDaddy |
Mar-22-07 01:10 PM |
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I hate the Scout's anti-gay policy |
Madspirit |
Mar-22-07 01:29 PM |
#95 |
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