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November 15, 2004
ACLU and Boyscouts
I am not as bothered by the recent decision that military bases will not be sponsoring Boy Scout troops as many others are. I am an eagle scout and spent a good bit of my time as a scout on military bases and being trained by military employees. We camped at the marine base Camp Pendleton, toured aircraft carriers, and received survival training from a Navy Seal at one summer camp. The Boy Scouts is a paramilitary organization and was first set up by Lord Baden Powell partly to train young boys for a military life. Most of how the scouts are set up (ranks, uniforms, patrols, etc.) and what they do (first aid, shooting, hiking, etc.) are pretty obviously military in nature when you think about it. The military should be involved in Boy Scouts since it is a good recruiting and training ground for future soldiers. But helping out and funding individual scout troops are two different things.
The hatred by the left of Boy Scouts is pretty disturbing. Bill Clinton refused to attend the national Jamboree when he was president (the only president ever to refuse). If you recall four years ago the Democrats invited the Boy Scouts to be a color guard at their convention. And then booed them when they came out on stage. The Democrats booed children they had invited to their convention. There is something morally sick about the left and its hatred of the Boy Scouts and I suspect it is because the scouts are unashamed of their support for God, country, and moral values. Even though I think the decision the Pentagon made was correct, I suspect the motivation for the ACLU complaint in the first place was born of this same moral sickness.
Posted by Pete at November 15, 2004 08:06 PM
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