Chad Griffin’s Message to BSA Featured as AP ‘Quotation of the Day’HRC President Chad Griffin has been featured as an Associated Press “Quotation of the Day,” in the wake of the Boy Scouts of America’s backward decision to uphold their ban on gay scouts and leaders.The BSA decision was announced yesterday following a secret two-year policy review by the organization.Read and share Chad’s statement below: --- On Mon, 7/16/12, Dalton Garis <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dalton Garis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fwd: Boy Scouts OT To: "bobberino" <[email protected]>, "Cindy McLeroy" <[email protected]>, "Susan Kleinz" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 16, 2012, 9:58 PM I just don't understand all this; In the old days the press and others knew the weaknesses of President Kennedy, for example; but they kept quiet so as not to debase the station of the office of President of the United States in the eyes of the world or our own citizenry, including those serving in the military and for whom the President is their Commander in Chief. Now, it seems that people will do anything to discredit the President, even lie about what actually happened or deliberately misrepresent the facts. Could this be the worst political atmosphere we have had since Andrew Jackson was President? Think about this fact: unity is a spiritual characteristic and begins with moral education first, followed by academics. Without proper moral values unity is impossible. Certainly, there has been no diminution in America's potential to out-produce, out-invent, out-feed any other country on earth. What is in doubt is if we have the unity of purpose and sense of mutual community that got us here in the first place to move ahead with what needs to be done. How much responsibility do Americans feel toward other Americans of different leanings, religious persuasions, linguistic backgrounds or national origin? Ask the public what they know about the verities of their professed religious faith and the answer, in word and deed, is very little. And whose fault is this? Who has fallen down on the job? DG. Dalton H. GarisFlushing, QueensNew York, USAMobile: 718-838-0437Landline: 917-285-2047 From: bobberino <[email protected]> Reply-To: bobberino <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 16 January 2012 10:45 PM To: Cindy McLeroy <[email protected]>, Susan Kleinz <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fwd: Boy Scouts OT Resent-From: <[email protected]> Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:49:34 -0700 I agree with Cindy 110% BobbyJim ----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy McLeroy To: Susan Kleinz ; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fwd: Boy Scouts OT I thought you might find the following article from snopes.com interesting: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/eaglescouts.asp It explains the truth about the unsigned certificates. Hope this helps clear this up as the Eagle Scout programs are so wonderful and produces such wonderful young men. I hate it when something puts both the President in a bad light and brings some attention to the Eagle Scout program that is negative ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Kleinz To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fwd: Boy Scouts OT Thank you! This kind of stuff scares me! Susan Kleinz Phx, AZ On Jul 12, 2012, at 5:45 AM, [email protected] wrote: From: [email protected] Sent: 7/12/2012 12:59:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: Boy Scouts BOY SCOUTS Every President since 1912 has been the honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America. President Obama refused that honor...etc
