U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members

[fhdz]

Why do you think Mormons are so good at tying knots?

kinky motherfuckers

[Caliga]

But just because they have all of these other lovely badges, if the rules are de facto Mormon (because they run the damn organization), they don't really mean much, do they? I mean, based on Cal's answer, any religion is fine so long as the boy is faithful. Except that I'm fairly sure they don't mean that because there are a number of those churches that have no problem with homosexuality and gay marriage, ie Episcopalian.

The Mormons do NOT run the Boy Scouts.

Let me put it this way: until I went to Philmont, I didn't realize there were any Mormons in scouting and barely knew what the LDS Church even was.

Saying that the Mormons run the Boy Scouts is like saying the NRA runs the Republican Party.  Sure, the NRA wields a lot of infuence over the GOP but it does not actually control it.

[katmai]

Lies!

[Caliga]

Lies!

I knew that analogy would work some people up.

[Capetan Mihali]

WTF is "Philmont," Calbert?

[Caliga]

Philmont National Boy Scout Ranch, located in Cimarron, New Mexico.  I did a two week trek there.  Hiked 126 miles.

[Capetan Mihali]

Philmont National Boy Scout Ranch, located in Cimarron, New Mexico.  I did a two week trek there.  Hiked 126 miles.

Right on. 

Last September or October, my aging mother was taking a brisk walk for her health along a path in a big woodsy park nearby, and came upon a troop of younger Scouts blocking up the trail with their slow-poking.  Being an impatient New Yorker, tried to overtake them rapidly, and in doing so, slipped on a rock and broke her wrist real bad, with the bone coming out of the skin. 

And then the Scouts rushed into action to make sure she was okay, and the leader put on a very good splint thing with a t-shirt, and they escorted her the half hour trek back to the parking lot, all 25 of them or whatever. 

She was so whacked out from the fall and injury, and grateful to the scouts, that when they got there, she kept trying to show the kids her nasty injury and how the scoutmaster had fixed it, cause she thought it would be a good "learning experience" for them, but the scoutmaster was desperately trying to keep from scaring these little boys with her dangling hand and bone sticking out of the skin. 

She says she doesn't know what she would have done if the Scouts hadn't been there to save her impatient ass, so I salute them.   

Also, that must have been an awesome scouting experience right out of the textbook -- "An old lady sustains a serious injury in the woods: Scouts in action!"   

[fhdz]

I have to know that she's okay first so I know whether or not I can  at that awesome story.

[merithyn]

The Mormons do NOT run the Boy Scouts.

Let me put it this way: until I went to Philmont, I didn't realize there were any Mormons in scouting and barely knew what the LDS Church even was.

Saying that the Mormons run the Boy Scouts is like saying the NRA runs the Republican Party.  Sure, the NRA wields a lot of infuence over the GOP but it does not actually control it.

Dude, right now the BSA are waiting to see what the LDS will do regarding allowing gays into their cabal. While the Mormons may not run the BSA, they most definitely drive policy, which means that they, effectively, "run" the BSA.

[Capetan Mihali]

I have to know that she's okay first so I know whether or not I can  at that awesome story.

  Yes, yes, got a plate put in and it healed well (though it naturally still bothers her to a normal degree).

[jimmy olsen]

How about you offer up a comment on the article, Garbon? Even I post a sentecne or two .

[garbon]

How about you offer up a comment on the article, Garbon? Even I post a sentecne or two .

Yeah a sentence that disrespects grammar and spelling conventions.

Besides, why should I? You see to have done a bang up job at adding a useless comment to just about every thread today.

[Eddie Teach]

If you don't really have anything to add, why not let the author of the article speak for himself.

[Neil]

Well, I imagine they'll get litigated out of existence once the lawsuits start over all the rapes.

[Neil]

The Mormons do NOT run the Boy Scouts.

Let me put it this way: until I went to Philmont, I didn't realize there were any Mormons in scouting and barely knew what the LDS Church even was.

Saying that the Mormons run the Boy Scouts is like saying the NRA runs the Republican Party.  Sure, the NRA wields a lot of infuence over the GOP but it does not actually control it.

Dude, right now the BSA are waiting to see what the LDS will do regarding allowing gays into their cabal. While the Mormons may not run the BSA, they most definitely drive policy, which means that they, effectively, "run" the BSA.