FBI Probes Boy Scouts Over 'Phantom' Members In Gay Ban Wake

davidinalameda

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Wed Jan-26-05 10:45 AM
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FBI Probes Boy Scouts Over 'Phantom' Members In Gay Ban Wake

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/012505scouts.htm

The FBI is investigating the Boy Scouts of America amid allegations the organization is inflating its membership to gain funding.

Membership in the BSA has declined since a 2000 Supreme Court ruling that held that the Boys Scouts and its affiliates can prohibit gays. The high court said the constitution gave scouts the right to choose its members. The Scouts also prohibits atheists.

A number of cities banned the scouts from using public facilities, and charitable groups like some United Way chapters cut off the scouts.

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Walt Starr

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Wed Jan-26-05 10:47 AM
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1. WOW! Didn't realize FRAUD was now a part of the Boy Scout Oath!

They've really gone downhill in the years since I was a scout.

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Southpaw Bookworm

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Wed Jan-26-05 11:00 AM
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2. But hey

Gays and godless heathens still can't be members, so they think everything is OK.

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Mikimouse

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Wed Jan-26-05 11:01 AM
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3. They were always pretty bad when I was a member, back in the 60s

Racist to the gills. Helped to maintain the false imgae of American culture that was being broadcast in the media (the Leave it to Beaver, Donna Reed, Dick Van Dyke type of faux family mentality.

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PaganPreacher

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Wed Jan-26-05 11:03 AM
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4. "FBI Probes Boy Scouts".....

Edited on Wed Jan-26-05 11:59 AM by PaganPreacher

No wonder Ashcroft is retiring.

I smell a scandal coming!

Out at the Boy Scout Jamboree:

Back row (l-r): Matt Damon,Tim Matheson, Harry S. Truman, David Bowie.
Front row (l-r): Scoutmaster Alec Baldwin, Steven Baldwin. (undated photo).

The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

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gratuitous

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Wed Jan-26-05 11:05 AM
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5. Hmmm, the Scouts have changed

I guess "trustworthy" and "honest" aren't qualities valued by the BSA anymore.

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Rush1184

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Wed Jan-26-05 11:18 AM
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6. While I disagree with their decision to not allow gays and athiest...

I agree that they, as a private organization, should be allowed to decide who joins and who does not. Though, if that is the route they want to take, they better not expect ANY public funding.

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PROGRESSIVE1

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Wed Jan-26-05 11:24 AM
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7. Since when was LYING "Honerable"?

Gee, the Boyscouts have really gone downhill.

:nopity:

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