Posted on 07/22/2005 2:38:58 PM PDT by Jay777
July 21st, 2005 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN) today announced that he would introduce the “Support Our Scouts Act of 2005” as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill. The amendment will ensure that the Boy Scouts of America are treated fairly by guaranteeing their right to equal access to public facilities, forums, and programs. This provision addresses attempts to exclude the Boy Scouts from such facilities at the federal, state, and local levels, and legal moves by groups to proscribe longstanding Defense Department support to the Scouts.
The following is a statement Senator Frist delivered this morning on the Senate floor:
“I plan to offer an amendment to the Defense bill to preserve the long-standing relationship between the Department of Defense and the Boy Scouts of America. This legislation is necessary to press back on lawsuits that seek to sever the ties between our military, which has hosted the Boy Scout Jamboree on its bases. America’s youth can learn so much from the men and women in uniform – love of country, commitment to values, sacrifice for others.
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Amen my friend
Prayer is what keeps our country great. Without it------
Steve Newton
Amen my friend
Prayer is what keeps our country great. Without it------
Steve Newton
Amen my friend
Prayer is what keeps our country great. Without it------
Steve Newton
BWAAA HA HA HA!!! I can't wait to see the rats vote against the Boy Scouts.
An Eagle Scout, is recruited at a notch up the rank scale simply for his scouting knowledge and experience.
The scouts was started as a paramilitary organization and the older scout handbooks have patrol hand signs and "track without being seen" skills, as well as international morse code.
The congress should definitely get in the act of protecting this national treasure. But I would favor some laws directing what cases the courts can and cannot even hear. The courts have gone way off base in their "separation of church and state activity. The constitution only prohibits the establishment of a national religion. We all know the US Government is not likely to be doing that unless the Muslims take over.
pretty soon churches will need their own fire departments
because responding to a fire will be "mixing church and
state"
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