On 12/07/2010 09:50 PM, Kevin Wright wrote:
2010/12/7 Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com <mailto:ced...@beust.com>>
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Wayne Fay <wayne...@gmail.com
<mailto: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.
If anything, being openly Christian is the surest way to open yourself
to suspicions of child abuse...
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