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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:00:31 -0600
From: Scouters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Update From Save Our Scouts
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AROUND THE CAMPFIRE THIS WEEK
It's been a wild month. I am so impressed with all the people who have come
to our site and have been supportive. I have also learned so much from your
emails.
Seems like every day someone writes telling me of another United
Way or a local government casting out our boys. Telling them they're not
welcome anymore because they believe in living an upright life and being
chaste, clean and reverent, because they want to freely choose their
morality.
I have great hope when I read about people like Vernon Robinson
(http://www.saveourscouts.com/news.html), a local politician who knew what
mattered and stood up for our boys in North Carolina. He fought back and
WON! We need to thank him for his courage and commitment to doing the right
thing.
This war is far from over. We need to help our fellow citizens who are
fighting on the local level. Next week I am going to South Florida to bring
a check for $1500.00 to the Scouts there. I hope we can also put together a
rally of support for the families and Scouters to let them know a lot of
people are behind them. If anyone from South Florida is reading this please
email me ([EMAIL PROTECTED] )and let's work out a rally together.
In fact, we have received a great deal of response from people interested in
having a local chapter of Save Our Scouts in their communities. We had
already decided that we needed local chapters of Save Our Scouts but we
would like to begin with State Divisions. Please e-mail me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] if you are interested in volunteering to head up a
State Division.
As we sit around our cyber campfire I hope many of you will be willing to
chime in on our scouts. I would be happy to post your comments on Around the
Campfire I'll even post the other side's commentary as long as it's
thoughtful and non-abusive.
Keep up the fight everyone.
Remember, do a good turn daily!
Gavin Grooms
National Director
THIS WEEK'S CRITICAL ACTION ITEM!
When the ACLU and LAMBDA lost their lawsuit designed to force the Boy Scouts
of America to abandon its "morally straight" standards, one of the ACLU
attorneys in the case, Matt Coles, said that the Boy Scouts are "getting
left behind where America is going. People are going to turn to their local
governments and say, 'This is a pack of bigots. Don't give them special
treatment.'"
And, certainly the since that decision upholding the Boy Scouts' First
Amendment rights, the other side has declared war in local communities all
over America. However, the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) which will
fight the far left ACLU in court battles, has set up the Scouting Legal
Defense Fund, which is headed by former Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese.
Their new website, www.defendscouting.com , has timely, and important
questions to ask the Presidential candidates: Do you support the Supreme
Court Court's decision in upholding the First Amendment Rights of the Boy
Scouts of America? Specifically, do you support the right of organizations
such as the Scouts to exclude homosexuals?
The Scouting Legal Defense Fund is trying to put the Presidential and Vice
Presidential candidates clearly on the record in the upcoming debates on
whether they support the Scouts. They need our help to do it.
They are organizing a campaign to get thousands of Americans to urge the
press to question the candidates in the debate whether they support the
recent Supreme Court decision that upheld the Scouts' right to expel an
openly homosexual scoutmaster.
The Supreme Court upheld the Scouts by only a 5-4 decision and the next
president may name as many as 3 replacement Justices. A new Court could
easily reverse that decision. That means that it is critical to all of us
who support Scouting that this issue be clearly addressed by the candidates.
We urge everyone to go to www.defendscouting.com and make this request. We
also urge you to get as many others as you can to do it.
Time is short. The first presidential debate is Oct. 3rd and the only vice
presidential debate is Oct. 5th. Go to www.defendscouting.com and add your
name to the list of people who want the candidates to be asked which side
they will defend-the Boy Scouts or those using intimidation and financial
pressure to destroy Boy Scouts.
We believe the Boy Scouts are their first target for "political
correctness." If they succeed in forcing the Boy Scouts to abandon
principle, the Churches and the Constitution will be next.
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