Will the hypocracy never end? (Boy Scouts)

[AnnInLa]

the following from www.oliverwillis.com

September, 2004, Douglas S. Smith, Jr defends the boy scouts against charges of intolerance towards gays:

Some intolerant elements in our society want to force scouting to abandon its values and to become fundamentally different. They want scouting to forego its constitutional rights, affirmed in 2000 by the Supreme Court in BSA v. Dale, and adopt fundamentally different values from the ones that helped shape the character of Mr. Collins and 106 million other young men over the past 94 years.

Today:

A former top official of the Boy Scouts of America faces federal Internet child pornography charges and is expected to plead guilty Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office said.

Douglas S. Smith Jr. faces a single count of receiving and distributing child pornography -- a charge resulting from a federal investigation conducted with German authorities.

[varun]

1. What's it with Repugs...

...and Child pornography?

[Heidi]

2. Smith was in charge of the "Youth Protection Program"

I just posted this link in the LBN discussion.

No wonder we've got kids being harmed when the (alleged) foxes are watching the henhouse. You guys have GOT to read this letter he sent to Scout executives in November 2002:

http://www.bsawac.org/Training/Youth%20Protection%20On%...

And here's a screen shot of the letter, since some are getting a 404 error at the link:



(Edit to add screenshot)

[signmike]

3. 404 Not Found

[Heidi]

4. Screen shot of the letter.

I still had the website open in my browser, and my husband helped me make a screen shot to upload to Photo Bucket. Here ya go: