Re: ?? Religious Symbol on CSP!!

In a message dated 98-05-22 20:13:32 EDT, jay.thal@TCS.WAP.ORG writes:

<< Seven years ago I saw a CSP
at Philmont from the St. Louis Area Council that had a cross on top of a
silouetted steeple. I was told that it had been withdrawn because of that
symbol because BSA did not approve placing such symbols on its patches.
Until
today I had not seen another example. >>

The St. Louis Area Council strip was set up to depict the St. Louis skyline
looking across the river to the gateway to the west. This area of downtown
has the Arch, the St. Louis Cathedral and many office buildings. The patch
show the Arch and St. Louis Cathedral and several other buildings. The
cathedral has a cross on top of the steeple. Jewish members in the council,
who do not have a belief in Jesus, felt uncomfortable wearing a patch that has
a cross which symbolizes the death of Jesus. So the cross was removed.

Jerry Lloyd
Dusrtict Commissioner
Greater St. Luois Area Council

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