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Troublebot · 10-15-2009, 10:08 AM

Bill, you've already got pleanty of answers, but chalk up another Eagle Scout in the "Give the kid the damn badge" catagory.

Back when I was in college, a friend wrote an editorial in the college newspaper about BSA and barring gays and athiests. In the next edition, the local BSA chairman wrote in, saying that the BSA is a private organization and they didn't have to include anyone they didn't want to (and I'm deeply paraphrasing here).

I got pissed. I wrote the very next week about my own experiences in scouting and how they taught me to be inclusive. To strive to better understand others, especially those I disagreed with. I ended by telling him that if scouting had truly changed that much, he could contact me and take my Eagle Badge back, I wasn't going to want it anymore.

Never heard back, but I'm guessing he didn't read it. I doubt I scared him away. Too bad some folks have to create exclusion instead of continuing what I always considered a great program.

10-15-2009, 10:08 AM	#23 (permalink)
Troublebot Intently Rocking Location: Davey's	Bill, you've already got pleanty of answers, but chalk up another Eagle Scout in the "Give the kid the damn badge" catagory. Back when I was in college, a friend wrote an editorial in the college newspaper about BSA and barring gays and athiests. In the next edition, the local BSA chairman wrote in, saying that the BSA is a private organization and they didn't have to include anyone they didn't want to (and I'm deeply paraphrasing here). I got pissed. I wrote the very next week about my own experiences in scouting and how they taught me to be inclusive. To strive to better understand others, especially those I disagreed with. I ended by telling him that if scouting had truly changed that much, he could contact me and take my Eagle Badge back, I wasn't going to want it anymore. Never heard back, but I'm guessing he didn't read it. I doubt I scared him away. Too bad some folks have to create exclusion instead of continuing what I always considered a great program. __________________ Howard Moon: The wind is my only friend. Wind: [whistling] I hate you.