| |
BSA/ Unitarian Compromise
NeilLup@AOL.COM
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:58:19 EDT
Page A28 of today's Boston Globe contains an article entitled "Unitarians,
Scouts reach compromise."
This relates to the dispute between the BSA and UUA over the respective
positions on gays and on some of the material which UUA included in the
pamphlet preparing youth for the "Religion in Life" religious award.
According to the article, "Unitarian officials agreed to remove all language
in the manual referring to the Boy Scouts stance on gays and lesbians." and
"Thomas R. Deimler, a Boy Scout official, in a letter to the Unitarian
Universalist Association said that the Boy Scouts of America 'now
reauthorizes the awarding of the Religion in Life emblem' "
It also says that "unwilling to compromise the denomination's beliefs, church
officials will include a separate statement when it distributes the manual,
making it clear that Unitarians strongly disagree with the Boy Scouts' views
on homosexuality."
I believe that the Boston Globe has a web page and the entire article may be
there.
Best wishes,
Neil Lupton
|
|
A few Commercial Links from the SCOUTER NetCompass...
|
 Colorado - Whitewater Rafting
Whitewater Rafting tours on the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Quetico & White Otter Wilderness Trips
Canoe trip outfitter for Quetico Park & White Otter Wilderness. Full service fishing camp & canoe outfitter, name brand gear, great packages for scouts. Transportation shuttles, maps, permits, fishing licences, all supplies & equipment.
Moxie Rafting Maine & Massachusetts
Daily whitewater rafting and river trips in New England.
Wilderness Dining -- Food and Cookware
Free shipping on freeze dried and dehydrated camping food, utensils, pots, pans and ovens for backcountry cooking. Also offers free recipes and ideas for gourmet backpacking meals.
# 1 Eagle Scout Gift For Past 5 Years
Over the past five years this gorgeous 8x10 framed print, with inset poem - This Uniformed Little Boy - has become the number one gift presented at Eagle Courts of Honor.
Lite Backpacking with Travel Pak Kits
Easy Traveler, Inc. manufactures refillable, leakproof Flasks, Tottles and Flexible Squeeze Tubes that allow you to take just the right amount of your favorite personal care or food products with you, when you go camping, Hiking or backpacking
TN - Ocoee River Whitewater Rafting
Providing premium whitewater rafting trips on the Ocoee River in Southeast Tennessee.
Add your link to SCOUTER NetCompass
|
|
|
 |
|
|
