The love of money....... evil.
It's all about the money.
Cue the sobfest news stories about the poor, discriminated-against, gay Boy Scouts and the evil evangelical tyrants.
This is a set-up.
In the military sexual assaults by males on other males is increasing, and so it will be in the Boy Scouts, stop giving any money to any group that supports the Gay Scouts of America.
This is a big deal for the Presbyterian Church in America, which is by far the largest of the conservative Presbyterian denominations in the United States. It could also be a very big deal for fixing what is wrong with Scouting.
Dr. Reeder pastors the largest congregation in the PCA, Briarwood Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, Alabama, and now that Dr. D. James Kennedy has died, Dr. Reeder is probably the most prominent politically active conservative among the pastors of large PCA congregations.
I am not unaware of issues at Briarwood Presbyterian Church. There are reasons why I am not PCA. However, Dr. Reeder is on the right side of this issue with Scouting and he deserves to get support, not only from conservative Calvinists but also from others who want to promote a Christian alternative to the homosexual agenda in Scouting.
My personal recommendation for Calvinists — contact the Calvinist Cadet Corps, which is an independent organization that began long ago as a Christian Reformed alternative to Scouting but now has quite a few United Reformed, Orthodox Presbyterian, and other more conservative Reformed and Presbyterian congregations participating. A large influx of PCA churches could make a major difference and provide an already existing alternative to Scouting that was created specifically because Scouting has always, since the days of Baden-Powell, had a generic nondenominational approach to religion.
More information on the Calvinist Cadet Corps can be found at this Free Republic link:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3023193/posts?page=399#399
Similar faith-based organizations also exist for the Southern Baptist Convention, Assemblies of God, and Seventh Day Adventists. Any of them would likely be willing to accept former Scouting organizations and leaders in churches affiliated with their denominations.
This is exactly what we are up against! This scout is so stupid he doesn't even know the Scout motto about MORALITY! He drank the LGBT Fool-Aid! The Scouts are not encouraged to include "EVERYONE!" They are only encouraged to join ranks with those who can recite the Scout OATH with truthfulness and honor!
Need to find out who voted in support of the Gay scouts. Identify them by name and then target them. (This is what Liberals would do)
I was a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Explorer, and a Sea Scout..
Never once did it become GROINAL..
Groin Scouts are an aberration.. by Chicken Hawks..
NO.. Chicken Hawks are not in it for the betterment of Scouting..
They are in this for the betterment of Chicken Hawks..
What do chicken hawks DO!?.... YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW!..
But its GROINAL...
I am only counting regular Boy Scouts, not Cubs or Explorers, etc.:
There are about 40,000 troops nationwide - 60% of them are Church-affiliated. Thats 24,000 troops. If 50% decide to drop out - thats 12,000 out.
According to the BSA, the average troop is 20 Scouts. This means that 240,000 could drop out at the 50% rate.
According to the BSA, there are about 800,000 regular Boy Scouts. The loss of 240,000 would mean a 30% loss of membership ...
BSA now stands for... Bend over Say, Awwww...
The word "some" ought to be "ALL".
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They should end their support and join one of the alternative organizations.
What are some of the best alternative programs to the Boy Scouts?
As a Life scout back in the ‘70s, I recall even then, having serious doubts about the organization. Why? It, like the Masons, attempted to be a values-instilling group, yet denied any sort of overt Christianity—basically officially just spouting the old USA vague “civil religion” of God & country, with Judeo/Christian values. That worked OK when 99% were Christians & Jews—and no Christian denomination or Jewish group differed on sexual morality.
Now all the mainline Church denominations have either accepted, or are fighting over, whether active homosexuals (I call them sodomites) can be ordained—and the majority of scout troups are sponsored by such mainline churches. No wonder the chaous and confusion.
Since the federal government—and many state governments are favoring and rewarding sodomy and its promoters, why should we be surprised that the BSA—after many years of severe pressure, has caved. I’ll give them 3 years now before they also accept sodomite scoutmasters.
Put a fork in ‘em, they’re done.