[Vision2020] BE OUTSIDE!

[Ralph Nielsen]

The Boy Scouts also refuse to admit boys who do not believe in a god,  
thereby rejecting Buddhists, Confucianists, agnostics and atheists.  
This is in addition to their rejection of boys who are gay. They do  
not deserve public funding. The Girl Scouts of America, however, have  
no discriminatory policies at all. If the Girl Scouts can be open- 
minded, there there is no excuse why the Boy Scouts can't be also.  
That is why the Boy Scouts do not deserve taxpayers' money and the  
Girl Scouts do.

Ralph Nielsen

Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com

Mon Feb 2 23:20:00 PST 2009

Roger,

Boy scouts does take public money. In doing so, they SHOULD NOT be  
allowed to discriminate against teenagers and staff because of their  
sexual orientation.

If you disagree, you disagree. But I think it is wrong.

I also think any organization that discriminates against children,  
teens, and staff on the basis of sexual orientation, disability, and  
race is wrong. Children cannot escape the discrimination because they  
have to attend public schools with their peers that are also  in this  
social organization that teaches being like them is wrong. What does  
this do to the self esteem of a teenager in a small town when all the  
boys his age are BS but he cannot join because he is gay? Teenagers  
have a difficult enough time fitting in with the group without adults  
creating additional meaningless divisions.

Comparing religion is not the same, IMHO because religion relates to  
following a higher power of the State, the Boy Scouts is not.

Best Regards,

Donovan

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