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The bottom line is that as long as people still respond to Merlyn ranting, he won't quit! It gives him great pleasure to see the amount of turmoil he can cause. I too agree 100% with K9. I don't like anything Merlyn has had to say about the Boy Scouts, I don't care for his politics, and I feel sorry that he does not believe in our Creator. However, I will defend to the death his right to believe whatever he wants as long as it doesn't stomp on anyone else's rights. It is too bad he cannot defend his position without the help of radical groups like the ACLU, but I can even live with the

Merlyn you are correct. This whole topic started as a decision as to whether or not to make a donation to the BSA, but it didn't end there. Many more items of discussion were brought to light. Notably, your desperate attempt to get others to follow your athiest ways. All of this discussion and banter back and forth would have been avoided if you would have just quietly done what you were going to do no matter what responses came from this discussion. That is....don't make the donation!! It is my personal opinion that you have the right to believe (or not believe) whatever you want. You ev

I have read this article with great interest and I am somewhat perplexed and amazed that anyone can argue that BSA should not be allowed in a "public" school without first attacking the government itself. I must admit up front that I am not as well schooled in the issues of seperation of church and state as I should be, but it only makes sense that if the government or government funded programs are to be totally seperate from any organized religion, then "In God We Trust" should be eliminated from our currency. In my personal opinion, groups like the ACLU will only tackle others they fe