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Thanks to both of you. I have looked in one publication (den leaders) and found nothing that says you can or that there is an area on the uniform where pins from other organizations is permissable. I'll check the Scouting Guide to Insignia when I get a chance.

Can adults discretely wear a pin on their uniform to show affiliation with another federally chartered organization such as for example the American Red Cross?

To: LeaderNC This IS NOT a religeous issue. It IS a secular moral issue. Morality is a way for society to protect the interest of families. Read the 4th message from the top of this thread. Better yet go to http://www.westchesterkids.org/citycouncil.htm and then come back and try to argue that parents interests are irrelevant!

Thanks Mike

>> I asked him what is better for society: to deny Scouting opportunities for boys in certain locales or, to allow Scout activities to continue but to deny leadership opportunities for a tiny group of homosexuals who want to be Scout leaders? As I had noted in my previous (four messages up) message, this issue goes well beyond simply boys or individuals who wish to be scouts masters. To me it is about the boys AND their families. Families. Mothers and fathers who want to bring up boys in an environment that minimizes societies excesses. These unwanted influences often have pr

>> Here in eastern urban areas too many of us know and work with openly gay people of very good character for us to feel comfortable with a BSA exclusion policy. Our kids know and respect gay adults from church, from school, from sports teams, and even from scouting so many of our boys think this is nonsense. While that's fine and dandy, it ignores the point I'm making. Those kids have alternate organizations if their parents have different needs. Parents trying to minimize some of the societies influences in order to maintain the families integrity have the Boy Scouts.

Does anyone know what troop or troops were represented at the Democratic National Convention? Also how many boy were there?

Recently I have sent in an article regarding scouting and morals that was in response to some of my local politicians attempting to clean out any public support to scouting. There is an aspect of scouting I believe that needs to be considered and that is the 'parenting or family aspect'. I put my first son into scouting because it benefits our family. If scouting did not set the standards it does, then it would be simply another kids organization. Here is what I wrote: ========================================================== Boy Scouts One Parents Perspective