-Caveat Lector-
June, I believe the BSA are fully prepared to get along without the very
small federal funding they receive. Think that was understood before
taking this stand. It is a pittance! Guess it is better spent on lost
Mars probes, etc. Scouting is about self-reliance and they will just have
to work a little harder. One local troop here makes enough off their
Christmas tree sales to sponsor a few families Christmas Charities and
often a new Cub den. I have every confidence they can make it without this
very minor subsidy.
Amelia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ynr Chyldz Wyld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Keep the Homophobes Out of Our Discussion
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> From: "Mike Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > What part of the word PUBLIC do you fail to understand June? The BSA may
be
> > a private institution as such. And be that as it may, the members
thereof
> > are still comprised of the PUBLIC.
>
> When members of the public join together in a PRIVATE, exclusionary group,
they are no longer members of the
> public at large, but private citizens congregating in a private group. As
such, they have no right to expect
> the public to foot their bill.
>
>
> > Now June, reread definitions 1a, 2a & 2c, 3a, 5 & 6a
>
> I suggest YOU reread it, because if those definitions applied to the BSA,
then ALL members of the public would
> have to be allowed to be members, and that means homosexuals, atheists,
satanists, whatever.
>
> Would you suggest that the Freemasons, or the Hibernians, or the Catholic
or Satanist churches, or gay
> activist groups, receive public funds and the use of public facilities?
They are all made up of members of
> the public, also.
>
>
> > Now do you get it?
>
> I've always gotten it. You obviously don't.
>
>
> June
>
