Comments on: Congress’s $3.5 million “Bake Sale” for the Boy Scouts

By: Annie Ladysmith

Annie Ladysmith — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:16:59 +0000

TO BISHOP CARLOS: SHUT YOUR BIG FAT CATHOLIC TRAP! When your church apologizes to all the boys and girls who have been raped by priests and covered-up by men of your caliper then you may have an opinion.

By: Annie Ladysmith

Annie Ladysmith — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:52:11 +0000

LICHEN YOU ARE A PEICE OF SCUM yourself!****OFF! O! YEAH! I love the little boy scouts, they are so AMERICAN, they are so CHRISTAIN, they are all so adorable, i’m going to buy a buch of these bitching coins! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK little boyscouts, WE REAL AMERICANS LOVE YOU! YEAH!!!!! One day soon you’ll know enough to join a MILITIA!

By: lichen

lichen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:30:43 +0000

They are also a homophobic (male hating at it’s highest) organization, and should be permanently disbanded.

By: lichen

lichen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:29:06 +0000

The so-called “boy scouts” are moralistic scum. They are essentially a male-hating, christian organization that has nothing but contempt for youth and refuse to see that young boys do not need “moral” improvement or supposedly to be kept from doing things that self-righteous conservative idiots don’t want them to do, but need protection from violence, democratic control over their lives at all levels, and most of all, kindness. They don’t need to be manipulated for “god” or the hateful whims of stupid old people. They are worth more as-is than those “merit” badges will ever be, and they should get to decide how to spend their time; i.e, not as your servant.

By: Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:45:36 +0000

POINT #1) BSA doesn’t discriminate against, ANY RELIGION. MAYBE YOU GOT into a “bad troop”, or one with stupid leaders…

The largest membership in Scouting , world wide is Muslim, and it is open to ANY ONE, WITH A BELIEF IN A SUPREME BEING.
PERIOD.

IT IS NOT A Christian organization, nor a Muslim, or a Jewish one, etc..
It’s simply a youth organization, that expects a youth to have a belief in a supreme being. Anyone telling you otherwise- is wrong. I have been in for 5o years, out of 55 ,and no one is forcing their religous faith on to a scout. If they do, then report it to your District Committe Chair, or local Scout office.

POINT # 2 ON THE ISSUE about the COIN-GET OVER IT! !!!
THE BSA HAS RAISED OVER 4 BILLION DOLLARS IN SELLING BONDS- IN WW1 AND WW 2 MAKING SURE OUR COUNTRY WAS SOLVENT SO you could complain about them, and have the freedom to do so….

PLUS THEY raised billions in recycling, and reuse in natural resources before any of you even new what the word “Green” even meant.
They have contributed well in excess of 10 BILLION DOLLARS in service hours over the last 100 years… Have you?

Learn the facts, first.

By: Big Pappa

Big Pappa — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:19:56 +0000

Sure the BSA has done a lot of good for this country. Did I mention that I have been trying to get my son involved, but the BSA is activly discriminating against him for religious reasons? This is, clearly, an un-American policy.

The thing is, fathers, were the shoe on the other foot, and I am assuming that many posting here in support of the BSA are Christian, and an organization were operating inside of the public school system that excluded Christians from membership, you would be as fighting mad as I.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:32:17 +0000

I am also an Eagle Scout and currently volunteering to help other boys become better than they would otherwise be.

The fundemental principle of the Scouting movement is serving others:

“On my Honor I will do my best, to do my duty to God and and to obey the Scout Law; to ; to keep myself physically fit, mentally awake and morally straight.”

On top of that both the Star and Life Ranks require:

“While a Star (or First Class) Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least six hours of work. These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster.”

The Boy Scouts of America has created a morally stable environment for boys to grow up in. It keeps them off the streets, it teaches them to make smart decisions about life, and most of all: it teaches them to help other people.

Let me pose a question: When was the last time you had a boy, aged 10-17, help you in anyway and not ask for compensation?

Anybody that wishes to have a negative opinion of the BSA is welcome to that opinion, but before making baseless accusations, research a bit more on what impact Scouting has had on America in the last 100 years.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:45:58 +0000

To Tom F. who won’t touch this coin: that’s OK, I’ll buy two extras to give my sons just for you, the same reason I bought 3 SKS “evil” guns for no other reason than Clinton banning them (still new in boxes- really would never have bought them without the ban). To any thinkers it’s clear that the U.S. is making my money back before Scouting gets a dime, so we’re not establishing religion that way. To any who think it’s somehow BAD that adults who guide and help mold our youth should believe in God and not be homosexual- feel free to back a commemorative coin to support that alternative national organization that donates thousands of man-weeks of labor per year to civic projects and teaches morals and citizenship but DOESN’T have any connection whatsoever with God. Help me out- I can’t seem to remember the NAME of that other organization…

By: tom johnson

tom johnson — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:14:11 +0000

Ok, folks.. for all of those of you that are complainig about an insignificant offset of 3.5 Million going to the Boy Scouts of America…
hmm. to all of those of you who think it’s “inmoral” for BSA to recieve these funds..
Do you want to pay for the 100 million hours of community servie Scouting has given so freely to our country for the last 100 years??

Scouting only requires it’s members to a belief in a Supreme Being..
sounds reasonable to me.

also consider…

How about the sale of War Bonds, sold by the Boy Scouts, during WW I and WWII?

They sold over I BILLION DOLLARS of War Bonds to pay for your right to complain about them!!!

With over 50 million Scouts in this country, over the past 100 years, and with 26 astronauts as Eagle Scouts, ( who by the way, paved the way for your to enjoy the technology of your computer right now)- lighten up, and start recognizing Scouting for the Billions of dollars they have given to you, before you were even born.

By: hp

hp — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:08:27 +0000

On one hand there’s tax money funding the scouts who demand an oath to God and on the other hand there’s tax money funding artists who put God in a bottle of piss.
What’s a boy to do?

By: Big Pappa

Big Pappa — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:22:30 +0000

I’m trying to get my 6-year-old son into the Scouts right now, but yes, they do discriminate on religious grounds. I told the local troop leader, who had distributed a flyer to my son in his public school, that we do not take oaths to anyone’s gods. He told me, in no uncertain terms, that my son could not participate. And they are using my tax dollars? In my son’s pulic school? And now the federal Government is raising funds to support the BSA?

This seems to violate the First Amendment.

As does this:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/boyscouts.html

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Congress is now passing laws respecting the establishment of religion in public schools.

By: evie

evie — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:08:10 +0000

Tim
I wanna know where is our cut for my sons in Iraq protecting global oil interests at taxpayer expense. If you want recompense – forget the BS – go after the really big profits.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:03:20 +0000

It’s not so much about the alleged discrimination. I don’t really care about that. It’s just that….look: If the government is going to invest taxpayer dollars in this business venture, then the taxpayers are shareholders as far as I’m concerned. As such, each taxpayer is entitled to a cut of the profit.

I agree that the Boy Scouts should be entitled to a larger share of the profit for the usage of their name and likeness. But still: where’s my cut?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:44:20 +0000

WOW! “Dr. No” Ron Paul sure dropped the ball on this one! Where does it say “Boy Scouts” in the Constitution?

By: evie

evie — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:15:29 +0000

Some folks wouldn’t know real discrimination if it bit them in the ass.

By: The Wholly None

The Wholly None — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:33:22 +0000

Facts: for whatever reasons they have, the Boy Scouts discriminate against atheists and against homosexuals, both of which categories are United States citizens and taxpayers. They discriminate against both children and adults.

So why should the United States government support such a bigoted and discriminatory organization? Let them get their operating funds elsewhere.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:06:29 +0000

The foundation of religion is a simple belief in a moral imperative to do what’s right, as opposed to simply what’s legal. Atheists decrying the conduct of the Boy Scouts and the “unrightness” of the legality of minting the coins display their own belief that there is “right” beyond “legal.” It’s just that they want to control any definition of “right” and ensure it excludes God.

To me it indicates not that they fervently believe there is no God, but that they fervently believe they are individually and collectively more important. They aren’t. They proselytize their fervent disbelief at every perceived slight, hoping that someone cares. I don’t. However, I do support their right to their own (albeitly strange) religion.

Maybe they do enough good in the world to merit a coin of their own.

By: evie

evie — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:49 +0000

Another example of the phony “left” trying to create outrage where there is none.

By: Confused

Confused — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:04:14 +0000

I don’t understand the argument that congress is spending tax dollars supporting BSA. I don’t understand the outrage over misappropriation of tax dollars. Apparently people aren’t reading the article carefully. As stated in the article:
“Current law requires that the mint ensure that it will not lose any money before transferring any surcharges to the recipient organization.”
Any money that does go to BSA will be after costs are paid and will be money coming from purchasers of the coins, not from the government. Clearly those purchasing the coins will know where the proceeds are going and are willingly donating money to that organization.

This is simply an act commemorating the founding of scouting and acknowledging the good that organization has done in our country. Those “outraged” by this are clearly more upset about scouts than about “misappropriation of tax dollars.”

By: scoutingmaniac

scoutingmaniac — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:43:13 +0000

this is absolutely ridiculous. I am a strong supporter of scouting and the BSa and find it absolutely sad that it would come to this ridcule again.