So using your logic el-guapo, if I wanted to be a Rabbi I'd first have to be Jewish? Doesn't seem fair. Downright racist if you ask me .

Incorrect. Every rank of scouting from Cubs all the way up through Eagle includes some religious/faith component. However, nothing is specified. All it says is in any of them is "Discuss with your family or clergy how your family views ...".

In addition, there are special Religion Awards that any scout can earn that if earned are supposed to be awarded ONLY by clergy of a scout's particular faith. Those can be earned in most of the versions of Christianity as well as Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and many others I'm forgetting right now.

:? ummm... because boys and girls are different.

That explains it, thanks, march (as well as nostalgia and rocloco who also brought up the anatomy argument). Could you please further enlighten me in which way that.... thing..... is essensial for outdoor adventures and leadership? Do boy scouts use it to set up campfires, or catch fish, dig out nutricious roots, or as a GPS?

That explains it, thanks, march (as well as nostalgia and rocloco who also brought up the anatomy argument). Could you please further enlighten me in which way that.... thing..... is essensial for outdoor adventures and leadership? Do boy scouts use it to set up campfires, or catch fish, dig out nutricious roots, or as a GPS?

Now, as you mentioned it, it comes to my mind that exactly the same argument was used less than 100 years ago to explain why women cannot vote or be on a jury duty in the US (makes one wonder about technical details of electorial process at these times...), or study in, e.g., Cambridge (the last male-only Cambirdge college started to admit women only in 1974!). As well as why women cannot engage in science (is it also useful for writting papers with? Must be something truly versitile...), engineering, law, medicine, and million of other all-boy-fun endevours.

As for having boys and girls together on a camping trip, rocloco and nostalgia, gimme a break, most of summer outdoor programs do that routinely, without much hassle. Not a bigger issue than having coed schools.

Not sexist??? Then why the segregation by sexes???????????

Well I dont do pissing matches but I'll give you some credit.. ;) You must be a cub scout leader..?

In cub scouts a couple of the ranks have a discuss your faith requirement. I know its probalby just me but faith and religion are separate things...regardless, it does not discriminate which faith you live by. This is for cub scouts only.

Boy Scouts however does NOT have any religious requirements whatsoever. I am well aware of the Religion Awards - they are optional, extraordinary, above and beyond, do it you are interested type awards.
Truth of the matter is no there is no christian worship requirement for Boy Scouts.

No, there are no religious requirements

REVERENT
A Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the beliefs of others."

Respecting the beliefs of others? What a novel concept.

Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly Courteous, Kind, Obediant, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent

Clearly radical and subversive ideas in this day and age.

That explains it, thanks, march (as well as nostalgia and rocloco who also brought up the anatomy argument). Could you please further enlighten me in which way that.... thing..... is essensial for outdoor adventures and leadership? Do boy scouts use it to set up campfires, or catch fish, dig out nutricious roots, or as a GPS?

These are simply public meeting places. Many organizations meet at public institutions such as schools, fire houses etc.

The BSA often gets special treatment with regards to these places though. I was first recruited to the Cub Scouts when a troop leader came to our classroom during school hours, for example. No other groups got to do that.

While public institutions lease space to many different groups, the BSA sometimes gets a break from the fees. San Diego got in hot water a few years ago for renting park space to the BSA for $1.

It's a vile, hateful, homophobic and sexist organization that should be destroyed. :roll:

They do such a great job here in Utah:

http://www.usatoday.com/...-missing-scout_x.htm

http://www.donnunn.com/...lt_lake_tribu_2.html

http://www.parkrecord.com/...8138~2948638,00.html

http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/...othills-687968.shtml

Edited to say I don't know how to get these to link right if someone can fix it that would be cool.

Which other groups were denied access? Which groups do you think should have been encouraged to make presentations?

Didn't other groups get similar breaks?

I’m also a firm believer that gays should not be allowed in Scouting. Would you want your son spending a week in a tent with a homosexual boy or being led by a gay Scout Master? The latest report I read stated that most men who commit sexual acts with boys are gay. Most? I’d say all. Call me a homophobe if you want. I don’t give a s---.
Craig

what is the "latest report" you've read.