On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Kevin Wright <kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com>wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Wayne Fay <wayne...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> > If memory serves though, all the *really* interesting stuff starts with >>> > venture scouts, which is mixed gender. >>> >>> At least where I grew up, that was called Explorer Scouts and accepted >>> teenagers of either gender. I was part of (and briefly led) an >>> Explorer Scouts group which focused on Sailing and Boating (aka Sea >>> Scouts). >>> >> >> My understanding is that most Scout organizations carry a very strong >> Christian bias, including hostility toward other faiths and atheists, along >> with pronounced homophobia and similar bad stuff. >> >> I'd be careful where I send my kids. >> > > While having a "strong Christian bias" may be true of a great many things > in the USA. The norm in the UK (and the rest of Europe, to my knowledge) is > for organisations to be free from any religious affiliation, this is also > true of the Scouts. > Right, I should have specified that I was talking about US Scout organizations, sorry. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
