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Title: Cub Scouts banned from meeting at Bonham (Texas) church
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North Texas e-News
URL Source: http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_85840.shtml
Published: Oct 15, 2013
Author: Allen Rich
Post Date: 2013-10-15 18:08:13 by X-15
Keywords: None
Views: 138
Comments: 7
Bonham -- In what seems to be another example of national and regional politics creating deep local division, one Bonham church has banned Cub Scouts from continuing to meet at the church. Apparently, there has never been an issue with Scouts meeting at First Baptist Church in Bonham, but rather this decision was most likely made in response to Boy Scouts of America's decision not to discriminate based on sexual orientation. Cub Scouts are aged 6-11 and Scout policy mandates zero tolerance for sexual activity of any kind as it does not have a place in Scouting. An ad hoc committee assembled to advise the church in this matter had voted to allow Cub Scout meetings to continue at First Baptist Church in Bonham. However, in a vote that some parishioners feel was under publicized within the church prior to the event, the congregation voted 24-20 on Sunday, October 13 to overrule the committee's recommendation. The church's popular pastor for the past 14 years had recently resigned, but there has been no indication that this divisive issue was a factor in his resignation. Cub Scout Pack 54 has been told they will be allowed to meet at First Baptist Church in Bonham until December when the new policy takes effect, but the den plans to make the switch now to another local church that has offered the Scouts a meeting place.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
Damn. This sort of stuff has no place in the Fannin...wtf? “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
What is "the Fannin"? Is that a county or something? Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Fannin County, Bonham is the county seat.
#2. To: Lod (#1)
This sort of stuff has no place in the Fannin...wtf?
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#3. To: Esso (#2)
-Alex Kurtagic
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
When I was a kid in Chicago, I wanted to be a Cub Scout. But, you had to buy your own uniform. My Dad was such a cheapskate he wouldn't even spring for that. The solution was to go out and get a paper route to make some money. We even picked up pop bottles and turned them in for the refund. That was for Christmas money. It worked out nicely. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
#5. To: BTP Holdings (#4)
That put you, at your young age, ahead of 99% of the welfare-class now. The solution was to go out and get a paper route to make some money. We even picked up pop bottles and turned them in for the refund. That was for Christmas money
-Alex Kurtagic
#6. To: X-15, 4 (#5)
wiki -
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#7. To: X-15 (#5)
Now they say I am ineligible to receive food stamps since I got too much money on SSD. You just can't win with these creeps. At least I do not have to worry about getting in the middle of an EBT riot if the card does not work. ;) That put you, at your young age, ahead of 99% of the welfare-class now.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
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