Y'all,
Hey there I agree with A1
we need to pray for BSA. I was once a Boy Scout and
that it is a great program. I would advised any church
that can't have a Ranger minsitry to put a BSA in their
church. I heard it helps alot and it helped me alot.
John
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John Evans
Maryville AG
" " Royal Rangers
Opost 7th
IL
On Tue, 11 May 1999 10:59:17 Duane Wheeler wrote:
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>I've got the caselaw right here in a matter called:
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>Supream Court of New Jersy
>James Dale
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>vs
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>Boy Scouts of America
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>The issue is not about admiting homosexuals, but
>frankly: *Is the Boy Scouts a private orginization that has the right to
>ask members to embrace it's principals as a criteria for membership.
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>This will be a Constitutional question, as if the court decides *yes..
>the matter will settle itself.
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>If *No... serious ramifications will result as the Federal Constitution
>guarantees that the Boy Scouts may limit membership to those only who
>agree with it's principals.
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>Any State decision purporting to impose a contrary result will violate the
>first amendment made applicable to the states by the fourteenth
>ammendment.
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>*Others decisions have been made as in California recently: "Curren vs.
>Mt Diablo council of BSA" where the Calif.Supream Court held that Calif's
>civil rights did not apply to the Boy Scouts...
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>*We should PRAY for wisdom in supporting the BSA! ...this is a case where
>*Virtue is on trial. for what is in qusetion is the Scout Law... that
>states:
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>On my Honor...I will do my best to do my duty, to GOD and country and to
>obey the scout law and help other people at all times, to keep myself
>phyisical strong, mentaly awake and moraly straight.
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>*Scouts beleve and are will to defend that these alturnitive lifestyles of
>sin are not examples that can be defined as "normal" or recomended as
>falling within the defineing words of the Scout Oath and Law.
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>
>Thanks...
>-=A=-
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>> My wife forward this to me this morning.
>>
>> rick/eagle feather
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>> C U R R E N T N E W S S U M M A R Y
>> by the Editors at ReligionToday.com
>>
>> The Boy Scouts of America (see link #5 below) has settled a
>> long-standing dispute with the Unitarian-Universalist Church.
>> Under the agreement, the Unitarians will delete language in a
>> handbook that accompanies the Religion in Life award. It referred
>> to what the church calls "homophobic and discriminatory
>> attitudes" of Scout leaders, and questioned the organizations
>> concept of God and what constitutes belief in God, news reports
>> said. The church said it will detail its concerns to Scouts in
>> separate pamphlets given out with the handbook.
>> ...The Boy Scouts last year ordered the denomination to stop
>> conferring Religion in Life awards to Scouts who are among its
>> members. The Boy Scouts teaches that an avowed homosexual is not
>> a good role model for "traditional family values," Gregg Shields,
>> a Boy Scouts spokesman, said. The denomination said it plans to
>> seek a seat on the Boy Scouts religious relationships committee.
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>> RELATED LINKS:
>> 1: http://www.wr.org
>> 2: http://www.nae.net
>> 3: http://www.sga.org/
>> 4:
>> http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/FeatureStory/view.cgi?file=19990317.s1.html
>> 5:
>> http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/FeatureStory/view.cgi?file=19980803.s1.html
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