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Gov. Perry: Boy Scouts should keep no-gay policy
Associated Press ^ | Feb. 2, 2013 4:11 PM EST | Will Weissert

Posted on 02/02/2013 9:10:14 PM PST by Olog-hai

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said emphatically Saturday that the Boy Scouts of America shouldn’t soften its strict no-gays membership policy, and dismissed the idea of bending the organization to the whims of “popular culture.”

Perry is an Eagle Scout and in 2008 he authored the book “On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For.” It detailed the governor’s deep love for the organization and explained why it should continue to embrace traditional, conservative values—including excluding openly gay members and Scout leaders. …

Even though the Boy Scouts reaffirmed the no-gays policy just seven months ago, the proposal is expected to be discussed, and possibly voted on, at the meeting of the Scouts’ national executive board, which begins Monday in Irving, outside Dallas. …

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; rickperry
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To: Olog-hai

I wonder if Intel and other companies will now withdraw funding from girl scouts unless they allow heterosexual boys to share tents with teen girl scouts.


21 posted on 02/02/2013 11:14:26 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Gov. Goodhair has gotten more conservative as the years go by.

I still shudder when I remember the crazy days of Ann Richards, may she receive her reward.

And I think a lot of us get more conservative as the years go by.

22 posted on 02/03/2013 2:38:10 AM PST by Tax-chick (And I'm like, "So we die. Whatever.")
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To: buffaloguy

I hope Rick runs again for President. I think he will find a more attentive electorate.


That chance will never return.

I predict that within a period of not more than four years Perry will lead us into a battle to save our country either by having Texas leave the union or to become a leader in the new civil war.

Don’t laugh, the communist in chief has all intentions in using the federal government to disarm the people and enslave us all.

Don’t believe it? Just use a little reasoning and wonder why the ATF, TSA, EPA, FEMA and a whole host of other government entities are arming themselves to the teeth.

Hollow point ammo is NOT used for target practice...it is used to kill fresh meat......YOU!


23 posted on 02/03/2013 4:37:06 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: DH
This weekend I checked 'The Holocaust' out from the library...

It was made in 1978....and I only remembered bits and pieces...(it was a mini-series on TV)

It is very well made....and chilling!!!

It's as if I'm watching events & propaganda from today's news.

I urge everyone to watch this again or the first time!

We did not learn from history and we are repeating it!

24 posted on 02/03/2013 5:13:23 AM PST by Guenevere (....)
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To: berdie
why would a homosexual man open himself up to the possibilty of legal action (possibly prison) by putting himself is such a situation?
Because when they are done with this, it will not be illegal. Gayness is becoming an accepted norm...a part of the "natural" world...and pedaphilia will become the next norm. These deviants are only 6% of the population, but add the bleeding heart libs wanting to love everybody, and you have enough of a majority to elect presidents. We should have drowned all the flower children in the 60's...they grew up but they didn't mature...still smokin' pot, hoping for world peace and free love. I thought they were jerks back then (while I was trying to earn a living and start a family)...now I see them as grown up jerks only now they are dangerous to the nation.
25 posted on 02/03/2013 5:39:41 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (...and to the Republic for which it STOOD...)
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To: Olog-hai

I like Perry but in the last election, his debating and oratory skills really killed him. Maybe he can take the next four years to strengthen those skills and run again in 2016.


26 posted on 02/03/2013 6:02:17 AM PST by erod (I'm a Chicagoan till Chicago ends...)
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To: Guenevere

We did not learn from history and we are repeating it! ———————
Us old timers do remember history. The “kinder, gentler” generation was never taught REAL history in the public communist indoctrination centers (public school and college).

The most important history was gay rights, women’s rights, the civil rights movement and a whole host of other “history” that has brought our country to it’s knees.


27 posted on 02/03/2013 9:05:08 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: Olog-hai

The last time the Boy Scouts tried to be politically correct, it was a disaster. In the early 1970s, they decided to “urbanize” Scouting, when they were caught up in shades of Sesame Street and The Outsiders. Hey! It was “trendy!”

They not only made the least popular edition of the Scout manual, ever, replacing outdoorsmanship with urban sociology and liberal agenda items; but they made the mistake of inviting a herd of “inner city yoots” to one of their major eastern reservations for summer camp.

The yoots rioted, vandalized the heck out of the place, threw their mattresses in a large creek, destroyed the kitchen equipment and trashed the food. As well as slashing the tires of the buses that took them to camp.

So yeah, it’s been about 40 years since their last really huge foul up.


28 posted on 02/03/2013 9:25:58 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Should have left the “yoots” out in the wilderness to fend for themselves.


29 posted on 02/03/2013 10:36:40 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Rick Perry... you rock...

BSA...don't give in...the LIBERALS will still hate you!!!

30 posted on 02/06/2013 10:57:26 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (More Republicans stayed home then the margin of victory of O's Win...)
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