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- From: holzman@d0gslb.fnal.gov (Daniel B. Holzman)
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- Subject: Re: Levi Strauss DEFUNDS Boy Scouts
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.160737.1@d0gslb.fnal.gov>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 22:07:37 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.165849.16524@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Dec30.210842.18704@netcom.com>
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- In article <1992Dec30.210842.18704@netcom.com>, strnlght@netcom.com (David
- Sternlight) writes:
- > What do I mean by "by implication". (Fasten seat belts: even more
- > controversial material ahead. Note that I'm reporting, not
- > advocating.) Well, "reverent" and a belief in God is part of the
- > Boy Scout ethos. If the Boy Scouts interpret that to include what
- > God said in the Bible (dunno if they do or not), then the God of
- > the Bible unequivacally forbids male homosexuality as "an
- > abomination". (Reminder-just reporting, here. Whew!). Thus
- > it may be that the Boy Scout prohibition is justified by them
- > in this way.
-
- This question can be solved quite simply: The Boy Scouts does not promote or
- require belief in the Biblical God. Any God will do, much like the Masons
- require. If memory serves, there are not only Hindu Boy Scouts, but a Hindu
- Boy Scout Religious award.
-
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