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Originally Posted by Achilles
Boy Scouts is a fantastic experience for a kid, so why should they act prejudiced to some children based on religion? IMO, thats wrong.
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I never understood this type of logic. Why should the Boy Scouts change their charter to suit the whims of others. It isn't by happenstance that members of the Boy Scouts are required to believe in God. If others want to start a group like the boy scouts that don't require kids to believe in God then go right ahead. This is a part of the bigotry that is faced by people of faith in this country (I am not saying you are a bigot by any means). A bigotry that says your institutions and histories are less important than their non-secular ideas. It leads gays to sue the Boy Scouts for the right to be included. Don't get me wrong I am not a uber right wing religious freak. I an a semi-practicing catholic that feels that the left has gone way too far in trying to seperate church and state. Part of our history as a country is at risk of being wiped out for fear that it might offend someone why else would you force LA to remove the cross from their seal.