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Scout leader charged with child sex abuse By SUSAN PALMER The Register-Guard  Recommend this story to others.   SPRINGFIELD - A Springfield man who worked with children as a Scout leader and through his sports trading card shop remained in jail Monday on charges that he sexually abused five young boys. Steven Jeremy Freeman, 36, of Springfield, faces five counts of first-degree sodomy and one count of first-degree sex abuse. He met some of the boys - ages 7 to 10 - through his shop, others through Scouting and some through both, Springfield police Capt. Rich Harrison said. Freeman was arrested ...

The head of a conservative advocacy group filed a civil rights complaint with the federal government against Montgomery County yesterday, accusing county officials of discriminating against the Boy Scouts by charging troops fees to use school buildings. Eugene Delgaudio, of the Virginia-based group Public Advocate, says that the charges are a flagrant violation of the federal education bill, which became law in January and prohibits school districts from denying access to the Boy Scouts. Click on Source above for entire article

Libertarians in Santa Barbara, California have scored a victory for freedom of association by helping to nullify a resolution that censured the local Boy Scouts chapter. On November 14, county supervisors approved a statute forbidding the government from discriminating against private organizations -- even if that group has "incorrect membership requirements," said Santa Barbara LP Secretary Robert Bakhaus. "Even the U.S. Supreme Court had said the Boy Scouts have the right to associate, and make their own internal rules as they choose," he said. "If LPers could not lead in such a case as local government censuring the Boy Scouts, ...

The Boy Scouts say they aren't going to back off their rule prohibiting homosexuals. Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the Boy Scouts have the right to set their own standards for leaders, they've been criticized by homosexual activists. But the latest attacks are coming from within. Recently, the National Scout Council faced three resolutions to allow homosexuals to become Boy Scout leaders. National Scout spokesman Gregg Shields said the Scout board voted to stand by its oath to God and country. "The Boy Scouts have always stood for traditional, American family values and that's 92 ...

Poll Question: The topic of Gays and Scouting seems to be omnipresent on this forum. Given the amount of current discussion, it might be interesting to see where we all stand on this issue. I ask everyone to be on their Scouts Honor and vote only once: If Avowed Gays were let in Boy Scouts I would: Current Results -- 12 total votes: Leave Boy Scouts 3 / 25.0% Stay in Boy Scouts 9 / 75.0%

Boy Scouts Not Welcome at Olympics Dan FrisaThursday, February 7, 2002 Following the publication of a NewsMax story on the prohibition of Boy Scouts volunteering in uniform at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics, a storm of national controversy erupted in protest. See 2002 Salt Lake Committee Bans Boy Scouts From Olympics. Tomorrow marks the opening ceremonies for the winter games, but it turns out that the Boy Scouts from the Great Salt Lakes Council will not be on hand to assist in the myriad functions necessary for a successful event. Today in a NewsMax exclusive, Earl Armstrong, Director ...

CONTACT: Kim Gear Boy Scouts of America 818/785-8700 x135 Kim Shepherd The Dilenschneider Group 312/553-0700 DENNIS A. TITO TO RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AMERICANISM AWARD FROM BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Exclusive visual presentation by Dennis Tito Buzz Aldrin to serve as master of ceremony LOS ANGLELES, January 11, 2002 -– The Western Los Angeles County Council of the Boy Scouts of America will honor Dennis A. Tito, founder and chief executive officer of Wilshire Associates and the first individual to personally pay to travel in space, with its coveted Americanism Award on February 21, 2002. The award, presented annually to individuals who ...

Montgomery County (Md.) Schools in Danger of Losing $40M   Montgomery County (Md.) Schools in Danger of Losing $40M U.S. Newswire 29 Jan 10:00 Montgomery County (Md.) Schools in Danger of Losing $40 Million Because of Discrimination Against Scouts Says Public Advocate To: National and State Desks Contact: Jesse R. Binnal of the Public Advocate of the United States Inc., 703-582-7924 ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Public Advocate of the United States, a non-profit organization based in northern Virginia, is notifying authorities of Montgomery County, Md., that they may be among the first in the nation to ...

<p>ORANGE -- Gene Hunsberger was dying when he heard about the book.</p> <p>Paralyzed on his left side, barely able to speak, he heard the book was coming back through the work of his grandson.</p> <p>For the next three years, Evan Hunsberger, then a 13-year-old Boy Scout from Orange, worked on republishing a daily devotional called "Strength for Service to God and Country," the project that would make him an Eagle Scout, attract the attention of the Pentagon and become, in light of Sept. 11, more important than he ever dreamed.</p>

What’s behind the gay assault on the Boy scouts? By Rosco Thorndyke What is behind this all out attack on the Boy Scouts by the gays and the left in this country. The gays have lost their Supreme Court battle but they are still at war. This is not just an assault on the Boy Scout it is an inroad to destroy all religious liberty in this country. The Boy Scouts are a religious organization and the left are bend on taking that away. The Gays don’t like the fact that the Boy Scouts teach values and encourage the belief ...

United Way extends its campaign Sept. 11 giving blamed for fall-off in local donations By Ben Jones Post-Crescent staff writer In a typical year, the annual United Way Fox Cities campaign would be finished by now. But on the United Way thermometer this week, the mercury was still about 40 percent off the goal of $5,444,354. With $2.2 million still to raise, the group has extended its fund-raising campaign until Dec. 31. “So many companies did so many things to help with the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,” said Peter Kelly, president and CEO of United Way Fox ...

San Diego-FREEP Defending the Boy Scouts Here is the information. We are going to be there in force and it should be a great party. Roger Hedgecock will be on the radio. Where: Downtown San Diego Golden Hall at 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101. When: December 4th at 1:30pm. Goto http://www.leavethekidsalone.com/ For more information -Maps etc. There are links to the web sites and San Diego City Government Webpages Message from Jimmy Valentine-Roger Hedgecock show producer. WILL YOU DEFEND THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA IN SAN DIEGO? ROGER will be standing tall for the Boy Scouts on Tuesday ...

THE CITY of San Diego recently announced a whopping gift of taxpayer dollars to the American Civil Liberties Union. With budgets tight up and down California, San Diego citizens might have been surprised to learn there was so much extra cash lying around city hall. The payoff is part of the city council’s shameful cave-in to the ACLU’s lawsuit that aims to kick the Boy Scouts off of public parkland in San Diego. As part of a nationwide anti-Boy Scout crusade by activists who can’t stomach Scouting’s traditional values, the ACLU filed suit in 2000 to end the Scouts’ $1...

<p>PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A 12-year-old boy saved his 18-month-old sister from a fire in their home, running through smoke and flames and carrying her out through a second-floor window onto a porch roof.</p> <p>"She's my sister, and I'm supposed to take care of her," said Michael Wedekamm, who suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation in the fire early Tuesday.</p>