>It depends on what you want to teach your hypothetical children. If >you're saying, "hey, it's okay to be intolerant, as long as you agree >with the particular flavor of intolerance" then by all means, join the >BSA. If you want to teach them that intolerance is intolerance, then >don't. And, frankly, it's one of the same reasons I don't go in for >the church thing, either. It's often just another flavor of >intolerance. (And, before anyone jumps on me, there's a difference >between church and personal belief.) >
Private groups do have the right to discriminate as to those they accept into membership. But the minute they start accepting tax money they lose that right. Given the numbers of government related freebees they get, i.e., free camping space, facilities, grant money, equipment etc., then they have lost that right. If they want to exclude all non right wing or non fundie christians, then they have to start paying their own way. If they want the free government owned campgrounds, etc., then they have to change their policies. As a side note the BSA has a very different set of policies in that regard compared to the rest of the world of scouting. For instance in the Commonwealth countries the scouting organizations discourage that sort of discriminatory behavior. My own personal opinion is that its the same thing as prohibiting blacks or Jewish people from joining. There is no difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245893 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
