Behe & Dembski - Winning (plus the Scouts)

[cowiz]

Oh my!!! Really? Good grief. And you like living there because....???

You didn't realise this? It's been terribly controversial, that they're basically immune to any sort of legislated equality measures because they're a private organisation. It's shameful. I had terrible qualms about my son joining for that very reason.

And they get free use of public buildings/spaces, all while discriminating

[stripes4]

That's true, though (speaking for the atheist part) it's not often lived out in practice - even though they do make references to god and you can get badges in faith-based shite

But - my ex was a scoutmaster and he's an atheist... though not of the sort to ever tell anyone.

I think they should have an atheist badge, with the spaghetti monster on it!!!

[Bella Fortuna]

Oh my!!! Really? Good grief. And you like living there because....???

You didn't realise this? It's been terribly controversial, that they're basically immune to any sort of legislated equality measures because they're a private organisation. It's shameful. I had terrible qualms about my son joining for that very reason.

And they get free use of public buildings/spaces, all while discriminating

I know; it makes one's blood boil.

[cowiz]

Oh my!!! Really? Good grief. And you like living there because....???

You didn't realise this? It's been terribly controversial, that they're basically immune to any sort of legislated equality measures because they're a private organisation. It's shameful. I had terrible qualms about my son joining for that very reason.

And they get free use of public buildings/spaces, all while discriminating

I know; it makes one's blood boil.

And it makes me a nob too, which is nice...

[stripes4]

Dib dib dib !!!

[stripes4]

Oh my!!! Really? Good grief. And you like living there because....???

You didn't realise this? It's been terribly controversial, that they're basically immune to any sort of legislated equality measures because they're a private organisation. It's shameful. I had terrible qualms about my son joining for that very reason.

And they get free use of public buildings/spaces, all while discriminating

I know; it makes one's blood boil.

And it makes me a nob too, which is nice...

I did only say 'a bit of a nob', and I didn't really mean that either

[MrFungus420]

Oh my!!! Really? Good grief. And you like living there because....???

You didn't realise this? It's been terribly controversial, that they're basically immune to any sort of legislated equality measures because they're a private organisation. It's shameful. I had terrible qualms about my son joining for that very reason.

And they get free use of public buildings/spaces, all while discriminating

I know; it makes one's blood boil.

And it makes me a nob too, which is nice...

Hey...don't sell yourself short.

You're a nob without doing that.

[King David]

I'm glad I never joined the scouts. I always thought that they were lame anyway. I never understood why people needed to dress up in goofy short shorts and bandanas to enjoy the outdoors. My family was always big into backpacking so I had plenty of adventures in the mountains, and I did it all while wearing normal, non embarrassing, outdoor clothing.

[Geoff]

Oh my!!! Really? Good grief. And you like living there because....???

You didn't realise this? It's been terribly controversial, that they're basically immune to any sort of legislated equality measures because they're a private organisation. It's shameful. I had terrible qualms about my son joining for that very reason.

I didn't realise either - my son & daughter were both in the scouts when they were younger, and there was no religious crap at all.
As stripes says, they just got to do interesting things with knots and stuff...useful skills for later in life.

[Animavore]

I was in the CBSI (Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland). We had to say prayers before meals and everything. And the parish priest used to join us on trips away.

He was one of the nice priests, though. Not one of those rapey ones you hear about.

[cowiz]

I was in the CBSI (Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland). We had to say prayers before meals and everything. And the parish priest used to join us on trips away.

He was one of the nice priests, though. Not one of those rapey ones you hear about.

Sound's a little be rapey to me

[Animavore]

I was in the CBSI (Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland). We had to say prayers before meals and everything. And the parish priest used to join us on trips away.

He was one of the nice priests, though. Not one of those rapey ones you hear about.

Sound's a little be rapey to me

Not all priests are rapey

Some of them are just gay

[Bella Fortuna]

They say prayers at gatherings here. And it's built into their motto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts ... troversies

[tattuchu]

I was in the Boy Scouts and I did a lot of cool stuff I never would have been able to do otherwise. It was the marching and drilling and military type shit that I hated. Not too much god stuff back then. It might have been in an oath or two, along with the flag-waving. But nobody gave a shit about stupid oaths anyway. Not us kids leastways.
Funny that there's such a strong prohibition against homosexuality now. Scouting was always thought of as gay. In fact that's eventually why I left, just short of making Eagle Scout. It was all just too fucking gay for me.

[charlou]

Oh my!!! Really? Good grief. And you like living there because....???

You didn't realise this? It's been terribly controversial, that they're basically immune to any sort of legislated equality measures because they're a private organisation. It's shameful. I had terrible qualms about my son joining for that very reason.

And they get free use of public buildings/spaces, all while discriminating

So, what to do about it? Legislate against the discrimination? I wouldn't agree with that. I think it's up to parents to show a bit of fortitude and solidarity with their own children, and make a stand against the discrimination ... or show disapproval by leaving, and look to other ways to fulfill the desirable experiences that don't include undesirable elements such as religion, ritual, tradition and discrimination. Might not be a single organisation, but a range of specialised activity providers ...