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A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10 & 11:11), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?

Only if the shellfish doesn't come.
Otherwise it's a toss-up.



or off.

Hence the advent of "magic underwear".

Easy. They will redefine what is moral, in typical liberal fashion. Probably say that "tolerance" is morally superior and that is the standard for Scouts to follow.

Paul

yep, eagle scout and now do volunteer work with local troop.

This is more of pushing an agenda within the BSA and changing it.

your son had good parents imo

I saw the BSA help a lot of young men ot who came from some pretty fugged up backgrounds. Saw the same in the military especially those who came from backgrounds lacking support guidance and structure.

Both my parents had to work, they did take us camping but time and money were always limiting factors.

I myself had some awesome times in the Boy Scouts, including one long miserable April night in New York where I about froze to death on account of believing the hype about "Space Blankets"

I never got above First Class with a few merit badges towards "Life", but I was a pretty good Patrol Leader if'n I do say so myself. "Hawk Patrol", we decorated banner with the outstretched wings and tail of a blue jay (nobody said anything about things like that back then). Our patrol even won "best campsite" at that same big jamboree I nearly croaked at. Not figuring we had any chance we didn't really try, and really couldn't tell the judge when he came what sort of knots we had used to put stuff up, only that it worked. I hope that reflector oven we won is still out there somewhere

The sad part is the decline of scouting is a symptom of a greater malaise. If the Mormons are way over-represented today in scouting it is because more of the rest of America once had Mormon-like family values.

Allowing openly homosexual scouts and scout masters in't gonna change that, the people who agree with that sort of thing weren't much into scouting anyway, although a malicious few will now join to advance their agenda and/or out of pure spite.

What the BSA HAS done is alienate the very people they needed to keep scouting alive and relevant.

Birdwatcher

local commie TV station ran a very disgusting segment tonight on rainbow Boy Scouts. They interviewed several obviously gay men, gushing about how wonderful this is.
Not a single opposing viewpoint was given. They showed one clip of young boys surrounded by rainbow American flags, and rainbow Scout flags. I almost lost my dinner.

BW did the older guys take you snipe hunting?

Sam,
There hasn't been a word about it on the local channels here yet. I would be sick too,

LOL.... oh yeah.

Like I was gonna fall for that one. Even back then I could've done the Bird Watching merit badge while standing on my head.

I do recall something about a left-handed smoke-shifter tho.....

I'm proud of the Mormans.

How's that?

Boy Scouts was for townfolk when I was growing up. Us country kids spent a lot more time outdoors than the scouts.

Now that I think about it there were only a few of 'em and we made fun of 'em in school.

Hell, they might have been the first queer scouts for all I know.

I pulled my son out of scouts 3 years ago. The local leader told me it was all about the money. That was all I needed to hear.
I didn't like doing it as our local BSA is ran by some great guys.

I wasn't a scout, my kids aren't scouts. We go out and camp fish and hunt and I teach them things that were taught to me by my uncle and things I have learned on my own. I go camping with friends and still learn tricks info about plants and such that I pass along. Bushcraft is a popular passtime for many people in the south. Its about learning lost knowledge and skills that have been forgoten NOT being mr survival man.

It sux for some kids who doesn't have a father figure the scouts were a way to get those kids outside but it is what it is. F a g s/liberal screw up everything.

Reckon if all the "morally straight" dads would volunteer their time to serve as scoutmasters and other leaders, there would be any room for gay leaders in the troop?

if only it were that simple. Look for a quota imposed, if there are not enough volunteer homos getting the job.

Yes, it will probably come to that. It's a tough decision - my son gets his second class badge in 2 weeks and is almost at first class. My other son is a Webelo 2 and crosses over next spring.

Kimber7man...I truly hope that your sons are able to stomach it a bit longer, and push through to Eagle.

Even today, there isn't much in my life that I am more proud of than my Eagle Scout badge.

I lost the certificate somewhere in a couple of moves. It was signed by GW...now I just wait until we get a real president in the WH, because I have no desire to have ANYTHING with the current POTUS' signature on it.

Maybe if I send a request specifically for GW? haha!

Nah it still works, just change the spelling a bit.

On the plus side, maybe Sherp will apply for a position and have less time to troll around here.