Re: MOTHER DESPERATE FOR SUGGESTIONS!! HELP!!

On 23 Oct 2007 21:07:00 GMT, user wrote:

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:56:40 -0700, Beliavsky <beliavsky@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 23, 7:37 am, enigma <eni...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

he likes camping with us, but we rejected scouts on political
grounds (we don't like their politics vis a vis gays & non-
mainstream religions).

The Boy Scouts probably reject gay scout leaders not for abstract
political reasons but to reduce the chance of boys being molested.

No, that's not what they claim. The official BSA position,
which they've reiterated many times, is that they consider homosexuals
to be morally unfit as both scouts and leaders.


Many Roman Catholic dioceses have been bankrupted by abuses committed
by homosexual priests, and the Boy Scouts don't want to go down the
same road.

I participated in the Cub Scouts, and my being a Hindu (nominally) did
not pose a problem. I don't remember any religious tests.

As I mentioned in another post, my son ( age 6 ) and I just had to
leave the BSA because of the religious issue. My recollection from
30 years ago was that religion wasn't an issue at all. Now, the scout and
parent ( for Tigers, at least ) have to sign a statement agreeing that
only people with religious beliefs and who formally practice them
are allowed to participate - their "Declaration of Religious Principals".

DS is a Tiger and I don't remember that statement. I think I would have,
since I'm not religious. Maybe it's the area or the leaders in the area.
They do pray at meetings. That's okay with me. I don't have to pray.
.

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