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Re: ?? Religious Symbol on CSP!!
Kevin Pate (kevinpate@YAHOO.COM)
Thu, 28 May 1998 09:43:12 -0700
---rmorehead <rmorehead@NLS.NET> wrote:
SNIP
> individual councils choose to add religious symbols to their
patches, be
> they crosses, Stars of David, crescents, Buddhist Wheels of the Law or
> whatever, what right does anyone have to force their removal?
The first question that came to my mind is does a council have a
"right" to sponsor a particular religious belief, whether its a faith
of the majority of the population or otherwise.
I was taught, I hope correctly since it is what I teach others, that
BSA national policy is that BSA is completely non-sectarian in its
approach to promoting religion and faith in one's Creator.
Not certain I comprehend how incorporating the symbol of any specific
religious belief into a CSP, whether of the predominent (in numbers)
faith or a minority (in numbers) faith comports with the (as I
understand them) non-sectarian rules and regs.
Kevin Pate
Pack 271 CA, Adams Elementary, Norman, OK
Sooner Dist. Roundtable Comm.
Last Frontier Council
SR-CS-10 "burn baby burn .... buffalo chips!"
Troop 248, Sooner Council GSUSA
Camping Services Comm., Sonner Council GSUSA
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