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Boy scouts cutting public ties, Fear lawsuits over 'God' in oath
NorthJersey.com ^ | 01.20.06 | DEENA YELLIN

Posted on 01/21/2006 1:03:05 PM PST by Coleus

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Position Statement: Support Our Scouts Act

1 posted on 01/21/2006 1:03:08 PM PST by Coleus
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The ACLU has argued that government sponsorship - which includes funding - of the Boy Scout troops violates the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom because the Scouts swear an oath that includes affirming duty to God.

Guess the ACLU has no problem with portraying themselves as nothing but a cult of devil worshipers.

2 posted on 01/21/2006 1:13:18 PM PST by eskimo (Political groupies - rabid defenders of the indefensible.)
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To: Coleus

The Boy Scouts are doing the right thing, but it's not what their enemies wanted. They were supposed to cave; kick God out while welcoming homos in.

Sever the ties, shut the aclu up.


3 posted on 01/21/2006 1:16:29 PM PST by watchin (Facts irritate liberals)
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To: watchin

I say sever the ACLU lawyers from their.........power.


4 posted on 01/21/2006 1:18:21 PM PST by Loud Mime (Republicans protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats protect terrorists from Americans)
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To: Coleus

Something must be done to stop the terrorism on Americans being conducted by the aCLU.


5 posted on 01/21/2006 1:19:11 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
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To: eskimo

I'll be donating directly to the Boy Scouts now.


6 posted on 01/21/2006 1:19:47 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Simply put: The ACLU has become an anti-American organization. They clearly want the United States as it is currently politically constituted to be abolished by judges with life time tenure.


7 posted on 01/21/2006 1:25:18 PM PST by kjo
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To: Coleus

Actually, it's for the best. The scouts should never have been funded with public monies.


8 posted on 01/21/2006 1:29:26 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: Howlin
I'll be donating directly to the Boy Scouts now.

I have been doing so for quite some time now. Their ideals as well as traditional conservative ideals can not be forsaken by those who wish to preserve our constitutional republic.

9 posted on 01/21/2006 1:29:52 PM PST by eskimo (Political groupies - rabid defenders of the indefensible.)
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California-based Scouting for All, a national non-profit educational and advocacy organization, reaches out to gay youth and is trying to get the Boy Scouts to rescind its policy against gays and atheists.

What a revolting development! Is there a web site that takes donations for the BSA? As a former Cub Scout, I will happily give something back to the organization that provided some guidance and fun as a youth.

10 posted on 01/21/2006 1:34:17 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup

The ACLU truly has declared war on traditional values. We need more people in a position of power (like Bill O'Reilly) to declare war on them.


11 posted on 01/21/2006 1:38:30 PM PST by BW2221
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It may be reaching the time when Christians come out of this evil society, governed by godless organizations such as the ACLU. Churches need to study the pattern of the city of Ave Maria, FLA, a Catholic city in the making. There are many dying towns in our agricultural heartland that could be repopulated with Christians who are tired of the ACLU running their schools and their city governments. A few hundred modern day settlers could go to these communities and establish Christan churches and schools. Think of the money that would be saved with no public school taxes to pay and very little crime and no city government to speak of. We really need to separate ourselves from Godless people who drag us down spiritually and economically. We owe it to our children to nurture them in a much more supportive environment for the growth of their faith.


12 posted on 01/21/2006 1:41:29 PM PST by kittymyrib
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Why is it that I have never, ever heard this argument:

Using common sense, would you put a non-gay man in his 20's in charge of Girl Scouts in their teens (who are becoming young women)? Would you allow this man, who is attracted to women, have the opportunity to possibly see them without clothes while camping? NO, of course not. Common sense says no.
So how come it is ok, by the ACLU's standards, to have a man, who admits to being attracted to males, have the opportunity to be alone with teenage boys (who are becoming men themselves)? See them change and shower at the campsites? The answer should be the same -- NO!

I have never heard anyone discussing on TV or in the newspaper this issue ever make that comparison.


13 posted on 01/21/2006 1:52:37 PM PST by Londo Molari
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excellent point


14 posted on 01/21/2006 2:00:13 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: mtbopfuyn
The "Mainline" churches should follow suit - IMHO.. Too long they have compomised belief and ethics to get a paltry tax benefit for clergy and donators.

Is 30 pcs of silver enough to cause the havoc and internal destruction it causes..??

15 posted on 01/21/2006 2:00:31 PM PST by glowworm ( Liberalism is truly a mental condition...)
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To: Coleus; RonF; AppauledAtAppeasementConservat; Da Jerdge; Looking for Diogenes; ...

Scout Pings!!!!


16 posted on 01/21/2006 2:11:22 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Howlin

Glad you said that Friends of Scouting Campaign is underway now. Call your local Scout Council to fine out how to Donate. Don't know what the Council is just go to www.scouting.org and it has a Council finder for you.


17 posted on 01/21/2006 2:14:26 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: operation clinton cleanup

Go to http://www.scouting.org the National BSA site and your can foind all sorts of information to include the local council nearest you.


18 posted on 01/21/2006 2:16:21 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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I'll be donating directly to the Boy Scouts now.

That's what I do.

19 posted on 01/21/2006 2:18:10 PM PST by MarMema (He will bring us goodness and Light.)
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Rabbi Robert Scheinberg of the United Synagogue of Hoboken, where the troops meet, objects to the Scouts' anti-gay policies

Which policy is that? The one where responsible adults don't want homosexuals spending the night in small tents with little boys? How unreasonable!

20 posted on 01/21/2006 2:18:11 PM PST by Bernard (Only the US government has the time, money and hubris to calculate exactly what it doesn't know.)
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