The stress of witnessing the start of a Boy Scouts award ceremony for the college's president, Kenneth Ender, was so intense that he broke out in cold sweat, Brandon said.Can you say drama queen? I thought you could.
"The (U.S.) Supreme Court said the Boy Scouts have the right to discriminate," Brandon said.
Everyone has the right to discriminate. Everyone has the need to discriminate. Everyone has the obligation to discriminate. The issue here was, is discriminating against allowing people to join the BSA on the basis of avowing a homosexual orientation is legal. The Supreme Court says it is.
"But that doesn't mean an institution that receives state and federal funding should open their doors to them."
Can someone help me out as to whether the rider in "No Child Left Behind" about the BSA means that this school can't discriminate against the BSA?
Brandon's reaction took Ender by surprise.
Yeah, he probably mistakenly thought that someone who could get into college was intelligent, and someone 36 years old wouldn't get stressed out seeing the BSA give him an award.
The former Eagle Scout said he never thought the award ceremony by the organization's Southern New Jersey Council would tap into a national controversy.
From this I'd guess that President Ender was getting a "Distinguished Eagle Award", an award that the BSA gives Eagle Scouts that have distinguished themselves in business/academia/arts and public service. You have to be nominated for it, it's not something you yourself can apply for.
Oh, please, please take the BSA to court on this one. That way, when Mr. Brandon and whatever advocacy group gets slapped down, no one else will be able to get the support to file such a suit.
1 posted on
09/06/2003 9:53:03 AM PDT by
RonF
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To: RonF
The stress of witnessing the start of a Boy Scouts award ceremony for the college's president, Kenneth Ender, was so intense that he broke out in cold sweat, Brandon said. What a p***y...
3 posted on
09/06/2003 9:55:46 AM PDT by
Chad Fairbanks
(Chad Fairbanks - 1970 Recipient of the Prestigious Y-Chromosome Award)
To: RonF
The IN-tolerant Gay agenda rears its ugly head.
4 posted on
09/06/2003 9:56:25 AM PDT by
WOSG
(Lower Taxes means economic growth)
To: RonF
too bad he didn't walk in on some boy scouts cleaning their pocket knives...he would've done more than just sweat then lol
To: RonF
The stress of witnessing the start of a Boy Scouts award ceremony for the college's president, Kenneth Ender, was so intense that he broke out in cold sweat, Brandon said. This sounds like his own problem, not society's. I suggest therapy to get over this hetero-phobia.
7 posted on
09/06/2003 9:58:46 AM PDT by
Lunatic Fringe
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To: RonF
Well said.
8 posted on
09/06/2003 9:59:56 AM PDT by
TheDon
(Tick, tock, tick, tock...the sound of the clock ticking down the time until Tom drops out.)
To: RonF
I am sick of this sensitivity,political correctness.I have never wanted to hurt or embarrass or harrass but the demands for "understanding" have strained my "niceness" to the max.
9 posted on
09/06/2003 10:00:32 AM PDT by
MEG33
To: RonF
I'll bet I know why he broke out in a sweat when he saw all the young boys. I'll bet it had nothing to do with the awards ceremony.
10 posted on
09/06/2003 10:01:07 AM PDT by
mrs. a
To: RonF
"Brandon also questions how Ender can justify his decision to accept an award on campus from an organization that discriminates against some members of society when the college has diversity and nondiscrimination policies in place."
Maybe there is something to that "slippery slope" argument.
11 posted on
09/06/2003 10:02:56 AM PDT by
djr
To: RonF
The stress of witnessing the start of a Boy Scouts award ceremony was so intense that he broke out in cold sweat Wimp.
12 posted on
09/06/2003 10:03:01 AM PDT by
Drango
(McClintock is my first choice, but given the numbers I'm voting for Arnold.)
To: RonF
**The stress of witnessing the start of a Boy Scouts award ceremony for the college's president, Kenneth Ender, was so intense that he broke out in cold sweat, Brandon said.**
Oh, poor baby..............</saecasm off
13 posted on
09/06/2003 10:04:46 AM PDT by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: RonF
Wah-wah-wah!! It's all about meeeeeeeeee and my sensitivitieeeeeeeeeeees. Everone must love me and what I doooooooo.
15 posted on
09/06/2003 10:05:48 AM PDT by
Clara Lou
(No, that isn't my real name.)
To: RonF
INTREP - and barf alert!!!!!
To: RonF
Such a delicate little flower must be protected or we just might break out in a fit of common sense.
17 posted on
09/06/2003 10:08:31 AM PDT by
em2vn
To: RonF
I call MASSIVE BS on this one. Is this guy a lawyer?
18 posted on
09/06/2003 10:10:28 AM PDT by
Saturnalia
(My name is Matt Foley and I live in a VAN down by the RIVER.)
To: RonF
just because 1 gay boy is offended doesn't mean the good work of the Scouts should be thrown off campus.....In New York they slove the problem differently....the gay boy just goes "away"
19 posted on
09/06/2003 10:11:31 AM PDT by
The Wizard
(Saddamocrats are enemies of America, treasonous everytime they speak)
To: RonF
In the coming months, Ender said, he wants to foster the debate on the Boy Scouts' policies and whether those rules preclude the organization from use of the college's facilities. "At some point, I have to address the Board (of Trustees) on how to handle this student's complaint To which the his answer should be; You have learned a valuable lesson today in tolerance. Even though you dislike the BSA position regarding social deviants such as yourself they have as much right to be here as you queers do. So please stop being such a drama queen and go back to class you freaking rump wrangling weirdo.
20 posted on
09/06/2003 10:12:36 AM PDT by
Fzob
(Why does this tag line keep showing up?)
To: RonF
When we started making laws just because somebody was offended as long as he was a minority of some sort we became less as a society.
Whenever, a member of a non-minority is offended, they are called names such as racist or homophobe. Whenever a member of a so-called minority is offend we make laws to prevent them from being offended.
What is wrong with this? Why do so-called minorities have the right to be offended, but not the rest of us.
I am offended by homosexuality, can we outlaw?
23 posted on
09/06/2003 10:15:35 AM PDT by
w1andsodidwe
(recycling is a waste of time for hardworking taxpayers, hire the homeless to sort garbage)
To: RonF
-- When Kyle Brandon arrived for classes at Cumberland County College one night last spring, he didn't expect to come face to face with dozens of members of the Boy Scouts of America. Well imagine that, Boy Scouts of America at a county college. How un-American. No wonder Kyle was shocked, he probably expected mostly illegal immigrants.
To: RonF
I wonder if these poor losers are aware of the entertainment value they provide to the rest of the world.
25 posted on
09/06/2003 10:17:56 AM PDT by
Smile-n-Win
(CAVEAT DICTATOR . AMERICA ANTE PORTAS)
To: RonF
Bam! Nailed it.
26 posted on
09/06/2003 10:19:47 AM PDT by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
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