Last I heard, that was only true of the US Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts apparently have a very different stance on religion and homosexuality. This is what I heard from reputable sources, but I personally have no direct experience with either organization.
Alexey ________________________________ From: Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com> To: javaposse@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 3:33:17 PM Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Re: "Women Fed Up With Open Source Community Creeps" 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. -- 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. -- 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.
