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To: Michael.SF.
the innumerable boys and men such as James Dale who, regardless of their hard work and merits, are denied the opportunity to hold the rank of Eagle Scout or participate in any way in the Boy Scouts of America;

Last time I checked, James Dale is still an Eagle Scout. Once you have earned the rank, you've got to do something pretty infamous for the BSA to revoke it.

60 posted on 09/02/2003 3:36:11 PM PDT by RonF
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To: RonF
That is not the only thing the resolution is wrong on. from the text:

without discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or religious belief;

I may be nit picking here, but: it seems to me Atheisim is not a 'Religious belief," but rather the opposite, a lack of Religious belief. The Boy Scouts do not require one to be a Christian, but rather to be a believer in God. Hence it is open to all form of religious beliefs.

68 posted on 09/02/2003 3:58:47 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (“I don’t recall… I have no memory of that…I simply don’t know” – Hillary Clinton)
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