Posted on 05/19/2003 6:01:32 AM PDT by SJackson
Its happening again, another badly misguided local United Way chapter banning any UWA funds from going to the Boy Scouts groups because they wont allow homosexuals to be scout masters a constitutional right assured the Boy Scouts of America by no less than the United States Supreme Court.
Incredibly, at a time when critics are attacking Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. for allowing gay priests to have access to teenage boys, thus exposing them to the strong possibility of molestation, others are demanding that gay scout leaders be allowed the same kind of risky access to teenage boy scouts.
Since the Supreme Court ruled in June 2000 that the national Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization did not have to accept homosexuals because it is a private organization, about 50 local United Way chapters, including Seattle and San Francisco, have gutlessly surrendered to pressure from gay groups and stopped contributing to them, according to CBS News.
Now comes the Miami-Dade United Way (UW) chapter which says it will no longer give nearly a half-million dollars a year to the local chapter of the BSA after June, because the scouts wont provide some asinine be-nice-to-gays-theyre-normal-just-like-us "sensitivity" training program for its leaders.
According to an Associated Press report, the local UW's board of directors voted unanimously to discontinue the annual $480,000 grant - about 20 percent of the Scouts budget. Most of that money goes to programs in the area's poorer communities, the AP reported.
"It's a serious blow to the council's ability to deliver Scouting programs," scout council spokesman Jeff Herrmann told the AP.
The local UW claims it made its decision because the Boy Scouts reneged on an alleged 2001 pledge to put into effect training programs to help Scout leaders to be "sensitive" in dealing with kids who have trouble coping with sexuality, a pledge to which Herrmann flatly denies the scouts ever agreed.
"Sex education and sexual orientation are not part of our program and we're unwilling to make them part of our program," he told AP.
The Miami-Dade UW is the latest to cut off the Boy Scouts in Florida. The UWs of Broward and Palm Beach County stopped allocating funds to Boy Scout programs about two years ago.
Their actions provoked a firestorm of protests and cost both United Way chapters dearly. When the United Way of Broward stopped giving funds to the Boy Scouts in 2001, one couple donated $200,000 to the South Florida Council, which oversees scouting programs in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. The Palm Beach County UW says it has lost about $500,000 in donations after it stopped giving the Gulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts money from the United Way general fund.
Good! Americans shouldnt put up with these threats to the welfare of young scouts. We can start by making direct contributions to the Boy Scouts along with other groups when our local UWAs cravenly surrender to homosexual pressures and cut funding for the scouts, and we should boycott the United Way chapter and urge others to do the same.
Companies should inform United Way they will not give if UW insists on getting involved in such social engineering practices. If your employer has a UW drive, dont be afraid to ask if they support the Boy Scouts. Ask before you give a cent.
We must understand that gay groups are attempting to undermine the decision of the United States Supreme Court. Certain UW chapters are being foolish enough to listen to them. They cannot be allowed to succeed.
Americas war against terrorism is not the only war we are fighting. We are also engaged at home in a struggle to restore decency and morality in the public square. The battle to protect our children from those who seek an opportunity to corrupt them is a battle we cannot afford to lose.
Some observers have predicted that if homosexual activists continue their relentless attacks on the nations moral underpinnings they will inevitably create a backlash that will send them reeling back into the closet.
Fine. Let the backlash begin.
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Mike Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, is heard on more than 200 talk radio stations nationally as part of the Premiere Radio Network.
As such it is important to sound off against the homosexual agenda, which is winning.
Check your stats on queers, especially interesting is how few homos have not been molested as children.
Maybe normal people molest kids, and sometimes there is lightning on clear days too.
And check the stats on Scout troup leaders busted for molesting later confessing to homosexuality.
Queers are equal to heterosexuals in God's sight but the sin of sodomy is detestable and must be hated as evil by His Children.
If there had been homosexuals doing those unspakable things in "pride" parades or attempting to teach them to children in the schools, I believe Jesus would have spoken.
Until we see Him on That Day we may have to agree to disagree on this.
I gave you Matthew 23 as an example that Jesus didn't pull any punches when necessary. I never suggested He was discussing sex.
Shalom.
It's not 100% true. I do believe in deregulation to a point, but only of a moral society. When the leaders only care about the material, then they must be regulated out the wazoo, or our capitalistic system will fail. Leaders who understand their social responsibility and are willing to (and are allowed to) make it a part of their capitalistic enterprise do not need much regulation and will ensure our economy lasts for a long time.
Shalom.
But it is your best argument since you have no other.
Shalom.
If there had been homosexuals doing those unspakable things in "pride" parades or attempting to teach them to children in the schools, I believe Jesus would have spoken. Until we see Him on That Day we may have to agree to disagree on this.
Let me clarify myself.
I don't think there is any doubt as to where Jesus stood on the issue of homosexuality. He clearly would call it sin.
My point is that Jesus did not...nor would feel the need to preach in graphic detail about activities such as "fisting", "fudge-packing", "drinking urine" etc. etc. which some people on these boards seem obsessed with posting about.
That is what my objection is to.
I would agree that regulation is not right now, but regulation is still an important government function. I wasn't speaking of governmental leaders but business leaders. There have always been moral business leaders who would work to grow their companies in a way that did minimal damage to the economy, supported their local community, etc. There have also always been business leaders who could care less how much they pollute rivers, etc. as long as the repurcussions don't hit on their watch.
I don't know that our Western moral climate has ever been sufficient to regulate "greed." There is a reasonable role for government - although it is important to ensure government doesn't go too far.
Shalom.
You have your opinions on this subject, I have mine. Until we meet up with Him on That Day we will have to agree to disagree.
Personally I think he would be disappointed that things have come to the pass where he did need to discuss them, but he would not shy away from it.
Shalom.
Reliable and foolproof? Hardly. But there are some indicators. Those who polluted rivers because it would be too expensive to clean up the waste might be considered "greedy." Those who hid their debts with phony partnerships to drive up their stock prices when they weren't making money (e.g. Enron) might be considered "greedy."
Shalom.
Shalom.
Ryan White died of liver failure and internal bleeding, conditions that typically result from hemophilia itself.
He was recklessly poisioned with AZT, a DNA chain terminator now widely understood to have no benefit to AIDS patients.
Check out the article in my links entitled, "The Medical Establishment vs. The Truth".
Please elaborate.
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