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In reply to the discussion: Boy Scouts: We're keeping policy banning gays [View all]hunter
(38,240 posts)22. The right wing Catholics are predominant in our community.
They outnumber the Mormons, but the two groups coexist without much friction.
Whenever their leaders get together the creepiness factor is synergetic. A few years ago they all had a fine male bonding experience littering public property with yellow "Yes on 8" signs.
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I had an equally fine time removing and recycling the signs in an environmentally responsible manner.
They'd sneak out in the night to put their signs up, and I'd take them down in the day. Most people driving by approved, and those that didn't, I guess they were too embarrassed to confront me.
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4H was where I, as a city kid, met the most mature and responsible of my peers, eg farm kids
KurtNYC
Jul 2012
#50
The BSA is primarily a Mormon youth organization now, it has been distroyed by those bastards.
The_Casual_Observer
Jul 2012
#6
Not many people are aware that the Mormons use BSA as their own after-school program
byeya
Jul 2012
#23
The majority of the membership is Mormon, it's their official boy's youth program. They aren't
The_Casual_Observer
Jul 2012
#8
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
Did I miss some sarcasm, or were you merely promoting distortions/untruths and regional bigotry?
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#41
There are a large number of leaders in BSA working to change this stupid policy
Gothmog
Jul 2012
#19
The bigots want their exclusive club? Fine. The United Way should drop them.
alphafemale
Jul 2012
#33