Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom.
Thomas Paine
Frist: Standing Up For The Boy Scouts Chattanoogan, July 21, 2005. Frist's legislation, which passed the Senate 98-0, requires government funding and government chartering of BSA units to continue as before. In this article he misleading claims that his legislation simply ensures that BSA can meet and camp on federal property. However, the court decision only prevented government chartering of BSA units and government funding, it does not prevent meeting and camping on federal property. Scroll down to see ACLU July 7 press release with correct explanation of court ruling and BSA membership exclusion of atheists.
Hans Zeiger's Scout Honor Coalition "a grassroots network of Americans dedicated to preventing and countering politically correct attacks on the Scouts."
Boy Scouts Of
America Practices Discrimination Comment: It says that BSA
"receives direct federal funding through the Combined Federal
Campaign (federal employees can get paid leave to fund-raise for
CFC groups)." This is not true. "loaned executives" can receive
"administrative leave" to promote the CRC campaign, but they cannot
directly fundraise for any individual CFC charity. Other federal
employees do not receive paid leave for CFC group fundraising.
Foundation Asks
United Way to Stop "Enabling" BSA Bigotry. Freedom From
Religion Foundation.
