AZMike

It's a crazy new world in which we now live. Guerlain is a poster-child for progressive spite and incoherence. He doesn't want the BSA to be able to sell water, but reacts with anger when the BSA then declines to pick up the trash left by his citizens: "They went from teaching the boys discrimination to also teaching them spite," said Guerlain, who called the decision not to volunteer at the event a "spiteful move" on the part of local Boy Scout leaders. (Translated: "You are not welcome to participate in this event, but how dare you decline to pick up our trash after the event!")

O Produce a list which claims to list the names of my Democratic opponent's communist masters in the CPUSA. O Demand to know why my opponent hates America.

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Some of the ad-libbed prayers you hear from Chaplain's Aides, while heartfelt and sincere, can be pretty interesting. "Please let us all earn our merit badges and advancements, and don't let any of us die on the canoe trip" is one I remember.

Well, Stosh, He did tell us how He wanted us to pray, and gave us a specific prayer.

Nice.

Very true. The Boy's Club in my neighborhood when I was a kid required boys to swim in the nude, no bathing suits were allowed. My friend wanted me to come with him and check it out, but when I heard that, I wanted no part of it. It still seems creepy to me, but that was a common practice in that era (and still was, until fairly recently in some places in men-only clubs - the Harvard Athletic Club had the same requirement in its (adult) pool facility, and used that as one of its arguments why women should not be allowed in when it was taken to court - leading Dick Cavett to suggest they renam

Worth more than that. That is a role the BSA should be assuming now, and should advocate for greater child-protection laws. There is still a lot that needs to be changed.

Not sure how accurate the valuation is on Antiques Roadshow is, but...http://www.aol.com/article/2014/06/17/antiques-roadshow-boy-scout-items-worth-small-fortune/20913962/

One other interesting thing from looking at those old reports: Those who argue for inclusion of homosexual men as Boy Scout adult leaders often claim that the real danger to boys in the Scouts is not from homosexuals, but from heterosexuals (presumably, heterosexual men who want to have sex with boys.) So the argument (which has been made repeatedly on this forum and others) is that bisexual men are the real danger to boys - superficially heterosexual men who are married and have children but secretly want to have sex with boys. (Although this tortured logic, and political correctness,

Holder, a man who never himself found a need to serve in the military, may be surprised to learn that the military services of the United States do not allow the "T" in LGBT to serve in the military.

Challberg's original report in the BSA blacklist file is available for viewing here: http://documents.latimes.com/william-j-challberg/ You can pull up all the released files by area and read the original BSA reports here: http://spreadsheets.latimes.com/boyscouts-cases/ It's pretty depressing reading, but probably essential if you're a youth leader. Yeah, this shoud have been reported to the police as soon as possible. He was inviting boys to his place, showing gay porn to boys, touching them, and finally molesting them. The problem with many of the cases involving scout leaders, tea

More on this case came out today: The original complaint was filed with the Boy Scouts of America nearly 30 years ago, but it took a comprehensive review from national Scout leaders in October 2013 to rediscover the allegations against William Challberg, and less than a year later, the 65-year-old Phoenix man was in custody on suspicion of molesting boys decades earlier, according to court records. Phoenix investigators believe there could be more victims who have not come forward. Challberg was arrested Thursday on more than two dozen sex-crime allegations some of which took pl

Here's the relevant quote: http://books.google.com/books?id=DV8NvhEX2LYC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=Am+I+a+religious+man?+I%27ll+have+to+let+someone+else+judge+that.+I%27m+a+firm+believer+in+the+Kingdom+of+God,+but+I+don%27t+know+about+the+afterlife&source=bl&ots=F9-dwalDRc&sig=_h0h5V1VwOb_V9xbPoUfvlK_wn8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LoJUUfuRNa_a2wW344GABg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Am%20I%20a%20religious%20man%3F%20I'll%20have%20to%20let%20someone%20else%20judge%20that.%20I'm%20a%20firm%20believer%20in%20the%20Kingdom%20of%20God%2C%20but%20I%20don't%20know%20about%20the

A horrible story on many levels. http://www.azfamily.com/news/Former-...262950661.html http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/...ions/10401873/ It is good that the BSA is reviewing the old files to establish whether any allegations from the past (Challberg was one of the blacklisted former leaders) were not reported to the police at the time. It's sad that it took so long to come to light. One would hope that this would be handled differently today. It's also of concern that one of the couple continued to seek employment with access to young boys, as a school bus driver.

That would correlate with his increasing depression and despondency in his later life. However, that quote was from about 1995. One of the last quotes we have from him on religion is his statement that "I firmly believe in the Kingdom of God," so although he had been through the horrors of WWII, a stroke, a failed marriage, a medical condition that made him unable to keep drawing, colon cancer, and what sounds like clinical life-long depression, he retained a faith in God although he expressed a dislike for the evangelism that characterized his earlier denomination, The Church of God. His

That Merlyn! He's quite the scamp.

Did you know Charlie Schulz was one of the liberators of Dachau in WWII?

WASHINGTON  Taking aim at the Boy Scouts of America's continuing ban on gay adult leaders, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the prohibition perpetuates "the worst kind of stereotypes.'' "It's a relic of an age of prejudice and insufficient understanding,'' the attorney general said Tuesday evening to Lambda Legal, an advocacy group for LGBT rights. Referring to the group's work a decade ago to challenge the termination of a gay assistant scoutmaster, Holder said that "too many organizations, policies and practices that discriminate against LGBT individuals remain

Yeah, I couldn't figure that out either....

Scouts lead off » A group of uniformed Boy Scouts carrying the flags of their nation and their state would be a non-event at almost any parade, but not at Pride. And that’s before adding Geoffrey McGrath, a former scoutmaster in Seattle dismissed by the Boy Scouts of America three months ago for being gay. McGrath led about 10 former and current Scout leaders and Scouts at the beginning of the Pride Parade on Sunday, carrying an American flag, an Israeli flag and rainbow flags, along with protest signs against the Boy Scout of America. Among the group was Peter Brownstein who

Perhaps they could nationalize the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas.

Here is their official policy on referencing the BSA. Seems reasonable. GUIDELINES ON COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCING THE BSA Trail Life USA (TLUSA) is a Christian character development organization with leaders whose tone and chosen words in all communications should reflect the example and teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Scriptures. We also recognize that, in explaining our program, its origins, or differences between TLUSA and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) there are times where it is both necessary and appropriate to make reference to BSA and or its policies.