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Re: ?? Religious Symbol on CSP!!

Randy Finder (naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU)
Sun, 24 May 1998 00:47:23 -0400


On Fri, 22 May 1998, Jay Thal wrote:

> I have hundreds of Council Shoulder Patches (CSP). 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 I was told that it had been withdrawn because of that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.
Hmm. Interesting. I didn't know that this had become policy.
>
> Earlier today I stopped by the NCAC Scout Shop and went through its boxes of
> CSPs. Generally, these are ones produced by BSA national, rather than
> contracted for, independently by the individual Councils.
>
> What I found was a CSP for the Central N.C. Council, #16416, that has a golden
> cross left of center. Has BSA policy changed its policy of not favoring one
> religion over others by displaying its symbols?
I see one major hole in this policy and that is the Flag of the United
Kingdom. I believe that several councils have CSPs that include a numbe
of flags indicating countries that controlled the area around their
councils. The Flag of the United Kingdom contains three crosses
representing three saints which are patron saints to three of the four
countries inside the UK (George for England,Andrew for Scotland and
Patrick for Ireland.) This would also apply to those with the
pre-revolution flag sometimes used here which had the Union Jack in the
Upper right corner.

To link with a completely different older topic, is the Cross in the
Confederate battle flag representative of Xtianity?

YiLFS
Randy Finder


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> YIS
> Jay Thal
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