"Alex W." wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 May 2013 18:30:29 -0700, Fidem Turbare, the
non-existent atheist goddess wrote:

On Wed, 29 May 2013 21:00:18 -0400
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On Tue, 28 May 2013 16:54:15 -0700, "Fidem Turbare, the non-existent
atheist goddess" wrote:
On Tue, 28 May 2013 11:16:22 -0400
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 10:46:34 -0500, Mitchell Holman
nomailverizon.net wrote:
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news On Fri, 24 May 2013 20:05:00 -0700, Jeanne Douglas
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In article ,
Alfred E. Newman wrote:
On Thu, 23 May 2013 21:36:09 -0700, Jeanne Douglas
wrote:
In article
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Mitchell Holman nomailverizon.net wrote:

Boy Scouts vote to lift ban on gay youth
May 23 2013

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The Boy Scouts of America voted
Thursday to end its controversial policy banning gay
kids and teens from joining one of the nation's most
popular youth organizations, ditching membership
guidelines that had roiled the group in recent years.
Over 61 percent of Scouting's National Council of 1,400
delegates from across the country voted to lift the ban,
BSA officials said. The final tally was 757 yes votes,
to 475 no.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...boy-scouts-vot
e-to- lift-ban-on-gay-youth?lite

It's about ****ing time!

Next step is to allow atheists. Until that day, the Boy
Scouts are still a bigoted organization.

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JD

Jeanne, why do you say they are still bigoted? Is it because
you weren't allowed to join because of what you have between
your legs? Or was it because of what you don't have between
your ears?

I had the Girl Scouts available to me. A FAR better organization
than the Boy Scouts.

Nonsense. If that's true, why are so many girls trying to get
into Boy Scouts?


Who says they are?

I wouldn't expect you to know anything that's going on around you.

Your expectations are not a problem for atheists, so long as you're
not trying to impose your values on others.

Boy Scouts AND Girl Scouts are shrinking even
as the population of young teens is growing. They
are shrinking into irrelevancy.

...and you rejoice.

Actually, the elimination of organizations that are founded on
discriminatory ideals is of tremendous benefit to the psychological
health of modern societies.

By that "logic", you should be eliminated.

Does that mean you believe that organizations founded on discriminatory
ideals are beneficial to modern societies?

Careful: this is a very wide and woolly definition indeed!
In Europe, this rationale can and indeed is being used to
fight anything that smacks of "elitism", including schools
and universities that try to be centres of educational and
scholastic excellence. Ditto organisaitons and institutions
that practise positive discrimination, say for women or
minorities: these, too, would fall under that
categorisation.




Indeed.
People who dive into such waters often fail to think ahead of the unintended
consequences of their beliefs and actions.