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To: T-Bird45
The cover story, “Connecting Cultures,” sets the mood. It tells how Scouting helps Asian-Americans “become part of U.S. society while also maintaining cultural traditions.” Also promoted on the cover are “Boys with Autism Can Thrive in Scouting” and “A Bicycle Ride for Insight and Understanding.”

The theme is found throughout the publication. A news brief chronicles one Boy Scout council’s efforts to highlight “the issues of hunger, health, and shelter.” Another tells of a Cub Scout pack that was started for homeless boys. There are stories of Scout troops created for “sons of incarcerated mothers” and “disadvantaged youth.” Another story tells of a North Carolina man winning an award “for exceptional service and leadership to Scouts with disabilities.”

The ride to different religious houses sounds a little fruity, but I'm having a hard time figuring out why the rest of this is so bad. And are disabled kids somehow inherently inconsistent with "fun"?

9 posted on 09/01/2006 5:31:51 AM PDT by Sloth ('It Takes A Village' is problematic when you're raising your child in Sodom.)
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To: Sloth
...I'm having a hard time figuring out why the rest of this is so bad....

At what point do you think you'll be able to 'figure it out', Sloth?

When Scouting publishes an account of a Troop visit to a gay Wiccan puppet theatre collective?

15 posted on 09/01/2006 5:47:27 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.iwo.com/heroes.htm)
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To: Sloth
...are disabled kids somehow inherently inconsistent with "fun"?...

Where does the author say that?

28 posted on 09/01/2006 6:06:03 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.iwo.com/heroes.htm)
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