[Magdalen] BSA

[Jay Weigel]

Haven't girls been in Explorer Scouts for quite some time?

And that's what I meant about the LDS co-opting the BSA, Jim. They should
run their *own* damn youth activities and spend their own considerable
wealth on them.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 12:07 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
wrote:

> LDS has used Boy Scouting as their youth activity for boys.  That’s not
> what bothers me about LDS.  Too many scouting activities have to be
> adjusted to accommodate LDS chartered troops and packs.  LDS rules require
> church attendance on Sundays for everyone.  That means most weekend events
> have to end Saturday evening so the LDS troops, packs, and leaders can
> leave, either that night or early the next morning.  That happens to the
> detriment of boys in non LDS chartered troops and packs.
>
> Next step is to open Scouting to girls.
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> Thinking one can behave their way into heaven is an insult to the very
> foundation of salvation.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
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> > On Jul 28, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, the Mormons are threatening to leave, but that would be okay with
> me
> > since they've basically tried to turn the BSA into a youth arm of the LDS
> > for years. Better they should run their own damn youth organization than
> > co-opt someone else's.
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