we'll have to see how it goes. i have a funny story.
I was at the council store getting weights for the car and as I was checking out, I heard this weird chanting/singing coming from one of the meeting rooms. After I finished I walked over to the door and through the window I could see a bunch of grownups all in scout leader uniforms gathered in a circle and singing "kumbaya"....i kid you not. I started laughing....that was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. Then Ben and I got the hell out of there. -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 2:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby > I know exactly what you mean. They were discussing the cub scout motto and > talking about obeying "gods laws", I had to struggle to keep my mouth shut. I couldn't and that's why we decided to leave. They were fine with agnostics and whatnot, as long as you never said anything about it to anyone. Trying to discuss religious tolerance was a big no-no as well. "yes, all religions are allowed to join, but BSA is a "christian" organization, make no mistake," to quote one leader. Soured me to the whole experience. Hell of a thing to have to explain religious bigotry to an 8 year old too, 'cause when i wasn't at the meetings, the boys were sometimes allowed to prostlytize to my son, the non-believer...I had more than a few "words" with pack leaders over that. In the end we just decided it was better to leave. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150932 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
