[BabsC]

It should not be involved in politics at all. It has it's own message, and it's own way of promoting it.

I agree.

I do too! This was their message and this was their way of getting it out.

Now you see why we call it the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation around here.

The scouts were honored by every speaker there. Martha Zoller, mother of four, at least one an Eagle Scout, invited these speakers.

I was there and enjoyed every bit of it.

[RonF]

I do too! This was their message and this was their way of getting it out.

No, it was not the BSA's message. Ann Coulter is not the BSA's message. Neither is Oliver North. Neither are Jesse Jackson or Bill Clinton. Politicians and political commentators do not have the right to speak with the impiratur of the BSA, and that's National Council policy. If these people want others to respect the BSA's policies, they should do so themselves.

Just to give you all an understanding on this, I tried to arrange to have a flag donated from our Congressman when we started our BSA Troop. Our local Council told me that this was fine, but that by no means was this to be used as a photo op so that the Congressman involved could use it in his constituent newsletter or campaign materials, nor was he to speak on a political issue at the meeting. And this had nothing to do with the particular Congressman or his politics.

The whole thing went by the boards when a local family donated the flag that had covered their father's coffin when he was buried.

[RonF]

BSA units and Councils are expressly forbidden from endorsing, either expressly or implicitly, a politician or politicial viewpoint. Individuals registered in the BSA are forbidden from doing so while wearing the uniform or while at a BSA function. That's National policy and it was quite obviously violated here.