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- From: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle)
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting,alt.motss,alt.atheism,ba.politics,ca.politics
- Subject: Re: Support for Boy Scouts
- Message-ID: <SLAGLE.92Jul24233540@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 06:35:43 GMT
- References: <1992Jul8.180148.3252@unlinfo.unl.edu> <57JXNB10w165w@batpad.lgb.ca.us>
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- Organization: You wouldn't ask this if you'd seen my desk.
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- In-reply-to: rlosee@unlinfo.unl.edu's message of Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:13:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.161346.17720@unlinfo.unl.edu>, rlosee@unlinfo.unl.edu (Robert Losee) writes:
-
- > Mark, as I understand your arguement you wish to sweep religion out of
- > government, out of the parks, and the streets, and hold it hostage in
- > a few stone building we call mosques, synagogues, temples.... I
- > dismiss this. I think an non-governmental organizations can pick
- > whatever level of religious participation they wish. This is the
- > american experiment. Many (perhaps most) who came to this country,
- > sought the freedom to do just that.
-
- I'm not trying to push religion anywhere, Robert. I just
- don't see the necessity of using it as a litmus test for
- participation in the Boy Scouts. You can have your religion,
- and you can practice it anywhere you want, as far as I am
- concerned. I am certainly not calling for any kind of legal
- sanctions here, but I am arguing for MY beliefs just as you
- are for yours. It is your stand for exclusivity, not mine.
- I would be quite happy to share the Boy Scouts and any other
- non-government organization with you and anyone else without
- regard to religious beliefs, or lack of them. Have I even
- suggested that I would like some sort of oath of unbelief to
- parallel your requirement for a loyalty oath to god?
-
- You're about a hairs breadth from suggesting that my stand
- is one of anti-religious bigotry in your statement that I
- quote above. That is at best a gross distortion of what I
- have written. I would appreciate it if you would back off
- that contention please.
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