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I wonder if Portland Mayor Sammy Adams has any time available?
and what makes the boy scouts so hypocritical is that they very publicly wouldn't let an adult lead a troop because he was gay.
isn't all this stuff (including the catholic church) really a criminal conspiracy to rape children? what if they were selling drugs instead? isn't it the same thing?
Although Baden-Powell was a Christian, there was no promise to keep morally straight in the original Oath. It's a shame to see that a later addition so wrapped up in Christian "values" has such an influence over the institution.
They may be holy places of worship and reflection, but new figures show you may not be as safe in a NSW church as you are at a strip club or in a brothel. The latest data, compiled by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, showed 1600 people were charged with committing a range of 27 offenses in the state's "places of worship'' in 2008. Surprisingly, the figures showed only 282 people were charged in premises classified as adult entertainment over the same offenses.
Bureau director Don Wedderburn said the data showed people were just as likely to be assaulted or robbed in the sanctity of a church as they were on the streets. "Most people would think of churches and synagogues as sanctuaries in society,'' he said. "But maybe that's naive, because the statistics show they are likely to rob, assault or steal from people there like anywhere else. The figures are genuinely surprising.''
A breakdown of the figures showed that 85 people were assaulted in places of worship, compared to 66 at an adult entertainment premises. According to the report, places of worship include churches, synagogues, monasteries, mosques, convents, cathedrals and chapels. Premises listed under adult entertainment included strip clubs, sex shops, brothels, massage parlours, homosexual clubs, gaming houses as well as gambling clubs.
Places of worship were also ahead on sexual offenses (16), theft from motor vehicles (33), resisting arrest (seven) and liquor offenses (10). Harassment and threatening behaviour at places of worship (30) was more than double that of adult entertainment (13). Two people were charged with possessing or using marijuana in places of worship.
And having files from back in 1965 released makes me wonder if I'd find his name in there.
And does everyone here think any allegation of abuse should be loudly trumpeted everywhere? That's a big reason why men avoid teaching, because one claim by a 15yr-old tart and everyone assumes he's guilty. Why take the chance?
Oh, and I absolutely hate the homophobia built into boy scouts, homophobia that tends to radiate out of it's hubs in Texas and salt lake city, and I hate the fact that I have to defend my involvement in a group that has done so much good for both it's members and the community.