Posted on 11/16/2004 11:34:30 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 11/16/2004 11:35:34 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
By Joseph Farah
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Most Americans just laughed and shook our heads in disbelief years ago when a handful of extremists began systematically targeting the Boy Scouts as a "subversive organization."
But over time, because most Americans didn't fight back, didn't marginalize the extremists, didn't speak up proudly and stand behind the Boy Scouts, it is this outstanding civic organization that has taken a beating.
The decision this week by the Defense Department to accommodate the American Civil Liberties Union at the expense of the Boy Scouts illustrates the way our country is being reshaped by the worldview of the extremists.
Our founding fathers must be spinning in their graves today.
If you take the ACLU and other extremists supporting its agenda at their word, you have to believe this fight is about "tolerance."
They maintain they oppose the Boy Scouts because of their "intolerance" for people who don't embrace their values. And, in the name of "tolerance," the ACLU and those who consider the Boy Scouts "subversive," have no tolerance for the Boy Scouts – or anyone else who disagrees with them.
The ACLU is never going to change. It is an anti-American organization. It is a group that seeks to destroy all that makes America a unique experiment in freedom. It is an organization in league with all of America's enemies. It is an organization that hates God, hates what is right, decent and morally upright. It is an organization in league with the Devil, as far as I am concerned.
And the ACLU is an organization that needs to be isolated, exposed for what it is, recognized for what it is and destroyed if necessary.
Instead, because most Americans have a live-and-let-live attitude, we "tolerate" the ACLU. We wink at it. Maybe we laugh at it. But the ACLU and its allies continue to push our society, to transform it, to remake it in its own twisted image.
The Boy Scouts have been targeted by the ACLU and the homosexual activists because the Boy Scouts have been uncompromising in their views and standards. The subversives hate that. They hate when people stand up for what's right.
When it becomes dangerous to stand up for what's right in America, you know we're in trouble as a nation.
Let me ask you a question: Would you rather live next door to a family that hosts a Boy Scout troop or a family of homosexual activists? Would you rather live next door to a family of people who attend church or synagogue every week, or would you prefer to live next door to the local head of the ACLU?
What's so scary about the Boy Scouts?
A Boy Scout pledges to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
A Boy Scout vows to keep himself physically strong, morally straight and mentally alert.
And because of these characteristics and goals, the Boy Scouts today are under siege – the latest target in the Culture War.
When you see an institution like this under attack, it should set off an internal warning that our very way of life – not just the Boy Scouts – is threatened by an organized, well-funded conspiracy. I know many do not like that word "conspiracy," but no other synonym in the English language is appropriate in this context.
Think about it.
There are people in our society today who believe that it is unconstitutional for citizens to act on their moral judgments, such as the view that homosexuality is wrong. They believe that the state has the right coercively to dictate matters of conscience.
As these enemies of freedom, morality and responsibility see it, the Boy Scouts do not have the right to assert their First Amendment rights.
And they are succeeding. As incredible as it may seem, they are winning this Culture War. The establishment press is their ally. The entertainment industry is their ally. The federal government is their ally. The schools are their allies. The foundations are their allies. The apostate churches and synagogues are their allies. Now, even the U.S. military has become their ally.
It's time to reframe the debate. That's the only way our civilization, as we know it, can survive. It's time to tell the truth. It's time to stand up for decency.
That we now live in a world in which it is dangerous to stand up for trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfulness, friendliness, courteousness, kindness, obedience, cheerfulness, bravery, cleanliness and reverence should be a warning to us all.
The stakes are high.
I, for one, am taking a public stand in favor of the Boy Scouts. I like what they stand for. Even though I have never been a Scout or involved with the organization (as a father of five girls), I consider their goals and objectives beyond reproach.
I guess it's time to add me to the enemies list. I support the Boy Scouts – unequivocally, unabashedly, unashamedly. The Boy Scouts personify the kind of world in which I would like to live and raise my family.
If this is the new dividing line in our society, let the barricades be erected. I'm not retreating – not another inch.
Who's with me?
Absolutely agree.
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RICO
I got a letter in the mail asking for financial help which
I am more than happy to do.
Anyone can and should contribute AND
write/phone/e-mail Pentagon your opinion.
We can't let these leftists destroy a moral based worthy traditional American institution as the Boy Scouts........if we do what is next??
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org
Thomas More Law Center - http://www.thomasmore.org
Alliance Defense Fund - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org
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Amen
Ping ( #45 )
How about Lively and Ackerman's Pro Family Law Center too?
(I don't have a link for them at the moment, one could try www.abidingtruth.com - a sister organization.)
Conservatives should support those conservative legal organizations who are trying to slay the dragon.
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more correctly....Physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.
Bush has shown no interest in fighting the culture war, with the exception of gay marriage, because there was political gain to be made on that issue. that's OK with me, but all I am saying is that we have to acknowledge this.
get as many judges appointed who will toss their court challenges - they could never win with these issues at the ballot box, they use the courts.
The Pentagon denied Boy Scout sponsorship violated its rule against support of non-federal organizations but agreed to post a warning worldwide, the Associated Press said.
Seems like the Pentagon believes there's been sponsorship.
"If our Constitution's promise of religious liberty is to be a reality, the government should not be administering religious oaths or discriminating based upon religious beliefs," Adam Schwartz of the ACLU of Illinois said in a statement. "This agreement removes the Pentagon from direct sponsorship of Scout troops that engage in religious discrimination."
It seems to me that the ACLU wants to prevent US military personnel from even being involved in their free time, because it's a case of a federal employee administering a religious oath.
Farah's right, it's time to fight. Start with Rumsfeld, he can see reason.
I'm pinging all four of my lists to this.
It's time to stop these ACLU bullies, and to prevent our government from kowtowing to them. Please contact your congresscritters, the Defense Department and the White House. Let's also contact the BSA and let them know we're with them!
BTTT
Im with you on this enough is enough - we need to start a fund with the specific purpose of going after the liberals like the ACLU is going after conservative organizations.
BTTT
I just cannot get over how the left has successfully demonized the Boy Scouts to the point where the Pentagon/Defense Department is buying into it.
Bump for later action.
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