ACLU vs. Boy Scouts of America


Steve Boggess




I can remember when I was a Boy Scout, a member of Troop
38 in
Charleston, West Virginia.

I can also remember the fun us ten to thirteen year old
kids used to
have at the annual Scout Jamborees in the early 1970's.
This, of
course, was long before the era of political correctness
was ushered
in.

The last part of the Scout Law is a word that in these
times has little
meaning unfortunately.

That word is Reverent. The Scout Law says "A scout is
reverent toward
God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects
the belief of
others." It is this part of being a scout that has the
ACLU all in an
uproar recently.

This tax payer funded leftist organization seeks to undo
the tradition
of the Boy Scouts from within. Not enough tax payers are
coming to the
defense of this privately funded organization that teaches
boys to be
reverent toward God, and respectful of other religious
beliefs, among
the other qualities the Boy Scouts teach.

In 2000, a lesbian and agnostic couple joined with the
ACLU to file a
lawsuit against the city of San Diego, these people felt
that they were
being excluded by the BSA's religious policies in
particular. Of
course, the ACLU is also seeking to rid this nation of our
national
motto, and ban the wording of "In God we trust" from our
currency.

On it's website under the heading of "Religious Liberty,"
the ACLU, in
July of this year, applauded U.S. District Court Judge
Blanche
Manning's decision that bars the Pentagon from funding
future Boy Scout
Jamborees. This is the only youth organization funded by
the Pentagon.

Two lead plaintiffs in the case, which was filed in 1999,
Reverend
Eugene Winkler, and Rabbi Gary Gerson stated that the
judge's order
helps maintain the critical constitutional principle of
government
neutrality towards religion.

For years, the ACLU has abused the twisting of the First
Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States which states:
"Congress shall
make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
the free
exercise thereof." To them, those words should be freedom
from
religion.

But to disagree with the ACLU, is to wind up fighting them
in a court
of law. This is also them taking away a persons freedom of
speech,
which is another guarantee of the First Amendment. It
comes right after
guaranteeing us the freedom to exercise our own individual
beliefs.

The ACLU, as some people know, was founded by Roger
Baldwin, in
association with Crystal Eastman. Both were members of the
Communist
Party.

I only wish the card carrying members of this organization
knew this as
well.

I also wonder if the Boy Scouts required it's members to
affirm a
belief in Mohammed, Bhudda, or Allah, would they be as
adamant in their
goal of erasing God from not only this privately funded
organization,
but from the rest of society as well?

In my opinion, for the ACLU go sue the Boy Scouts of
America for their
fundamental tradition of having it's members affirm a
belief in God is
to sue them of their basic rights of free speech, and
freedom of
religion.

I would rather my son have a belief in God, which he does.
I don't want
a godless organization such as the ACLU telling me, or my
son who, or
what we can, or can't believe in.

When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, they
never could have
imagined an organization that would try its level best to
erase God
from a society that was founded on religious philosophy
and principles.

To all card carrying members of the ACLU, I invite you to
reconsider
giving this organization your yearly dues. You don't
realize it, but
they are also seeking to take away your freedoms as well

ACLU vs. Boy Scouts of America


Steve Boggess




I can remember when I was a Boy Scout, a member of Troop 38 in
Charleston, West Virginia.

I can also remember the fun us ten to thirteen year old kids used to
have at the annual Scout Jamborees in the early 1970's. This, of
course, was long before the era of political correctness was ushered
in.

The last part of the Scout Law is a word that in these times has little
meaning unfortunately.

That word is Reverent. The Scout Law says "A scout is reverent toward
God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the belief of
others." It is this part of being a scout that has the ACLU all in an
uproar recently.

This tax payer funded leftist organization

seeks to undo the tradition
of the Boy Scouts from within. Not enough tax payers are coming to the
defense of this privately funded organization that teaches boys to be
reverent toward God, and respectful of other religious beliefs, among
the other qualities the Boy Scouts teach.

In 2000, a lesbian and agnostic couple joined with the ACLU to file a
lawsuit against the city of San Diego, these people felt that they were
being excluded by the BSA's religious policies in particular. Of
course, the ACLU is also seeking to rid this nation of our national
motto, and ban the wording of "In God we trust" from our currency.

On it's website under the heading of "Religious Liberty," the ACLU, in
July of this year, applauded U.S. District Court Judge Blanche
Manning's decision that bars the Pentagon from funding future Boy Scout
Jamborees. This is the only youth organization funded by the Pentagon.

Two lead plaintiffs in the case, which was filed in 1999, Reverend
Eugene Winkler, and Rabbi Gary Gerson stated that the judge's order
helps maintain the critical constitutional principle of government
neutrality towards religion.

For years, the ACLU has abused the twisting of the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States which states: "Congress shall
make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or the free
exercise thereof." To them, those words should be freedom from
religion.

But to disagree with the ACLU, is to wind up fighting them in a court
of law.

This is also them taking away a persons freedom of speech,
which is another guarantee of the First Amendment. It comes right after
guaranteeing us the freedom to exercise our own individual beliefs.

The ACLU, as some people know, was founded by Roger Baldwin, in
association with Crystal Eastman. Both were members of the Communist
Party.

I only wish the card carrying members of this organization knew this as
well.

I also wonder if the Boy Scouts required it's members to affirm a
belief in Mohammed, Bhudda, or Allah, would they be as adamant in their
goal of erasing God from not only this privately funded organization,
but from the rest of society as well?

In my opinion, for the ACLU go sue the Boy Scouts of America for their
fundamental tradition of having it's members affirm a belief in God is
to sue them of their basic rights of free speech, and freedom of
religion.

I would rather my son have a belief in God, which he does. I don't want
a godless organization such as the ACLU telling me, or my son who, or
what we can, or can't believe in.

When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, they never could have
imagined an organization that would try its level best to erase God
from a society that was founded on religious philosophy and principles.

To all card carrying members of the ACLU, I invite you to reconsider
giving this organization your yearly dues. You don't realize it, but
they are also seeking to take away your freedoms as well