Re: BSA Policy and Politics
CzarCasm (stanleyb@CRL.COM)
Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:29:44 -0700
On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, R. Chip Turner wrote:
> What is the BSA policy regarding the involvement of Scouts in political
> events? I was struck by the involvement of a Boy Scout and a Cub Scout
> in the flag ceremony for the Democratic National Convention tonight. I
> did not think this type of thing was allowable.
I think the operative words here are "flag ceremony" and not Dem Nat Con
Who better to do a flag ceremony than Scouts (Boy, Girl, Cub, etc) other
than maybe the USMC... I mean they do them at City Council meetings
and the like...
I trust that no one who saw the Scouts thought in anyway that they were
endorsing anyone and besides it is good advert seeing them up there on
national TV... and I would rather that the people in charge be for
the scouts rather that against them...
one question... I do not know alot about the color code of the epilets
but I do know that at the repub convention one of the scouts was female
and she was wearing a "boy scout" uniform with red epilets... Now I know
that women leaders wear the same unifrom as men... but I can not see
selecting a leader, rather than a Scout, to be involved in the ceremony....
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