[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

The "out of their way" phrase seems agenda-laden to me...specifically, an anti-BSA agenda. I don't think kindly of low lives who attack innocent patriotic boys.

I'm trying to think why anyone would assume BSA to be a public organization.

[Stone Mountain]

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Berkeley can boot Scouts, court says, PeoplesRepublicOfWashington wrote: The "out of their way" phrase seems agenda-laden to me...specifically, an anti-BSA agenda. I don't think kindly of low lives who attack innocent patriotic boys. I'm trying to think why anyone would assume BSA to be a public organization.

Well, when I was a scout, I just assumed it was a public organization. They recruited in my school, took anyone who wanted to join - it didn't occur to me that it was private until they started getting publicity about not letting those athiest kids in. At that point, the BSA did indeed go "out of their way" to proclaim themselves a private organization - in the courts and in the press. If you are accusing me of being a low-life who attacks innocent patriotic boys (of which I myself was a member), kindly come out and say so. I don't appreciate your implication.