Columns Jun 26, 2008 at 4:00 am

Plead and Seed

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I'm an eagle scout too. In order to get eagle scout, you have to talk to some of the local higher-ups and have them give their blessing for you to be an eagle scout. They want to make sure that you're an upstanding citizen, that you won't get on the "eagle scouts who are serial killers" list (which I believe actually exists online), that your dad didn't do your eagle project for you, yadda yadda.

Anyway, one of the things that this group of local higher-ups asked me is what I would change if I could change one thing about boy scouts. I said "To be honest, I'd let gays and atheists in". Which I guess is two things, technically, but whatever.

As I said above, I am an eagle scout too.
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I whole heartedly agree. I am currently working out the fine tuning of paper work to turn in for my own Eagle recognition.
I believe that homosexual and atheistic people should be allowed into the BSA. I believe that care should be taken more with the adults on these lines than the youth, but all in all I believe it's an outdated issue.

But when it comes down to it none of that matters anymore. Too many people who don't deserve it but fit into that dumb mold of theirs are getting Eagle. The awesomeness of that title and the feeling of being recognized means so little now...

I watch daily as people I KNOW have skimmed and broken rules get their Eagle ranks. That 2% line is bullshit.

For all that it matters the homosexual and non-religious people are being done a favor by not associating with the scum of the scouting world.

It USED to be a good organization. Now it's a bunch of competitive, egotistical, spoiled brats. They only get Eagle 'cause mommy and daddy fixed it so they would.

It pisses me off.
The only reason I don't quit is because I've work for a grand total of 11 years for this, since I was 6.
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Can we please stop equating anti-gay with anti-atheist?
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GayChristian, how does saying "the Boy Scouts are anti-gay and anti-atheist" equate the two? The Taliban is anti-sex and anti-television; does pointing that out equate the two?

Or did you really mean "can we please stop claiming that being anti-atheist is bad"? If so I wish you the best of luck with your cause: you might want to start working on the repeal of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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