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  • Mormons kicked out of scouting

    From Ross Sauer@1:123/789 to Mike Powell on Sun Dec 5 20:05:44 2010
    "Mike Powell -> Ross Sauer" <1:2320/105> wrote in news:10814$HOLYSMOKE@JamNNTPd:

    | Just as I predicted, let these bastards kick those nasty atheists and
    | gays out, (saracasm off) and they'll happily kick out religions
    | *THEY* don't like too.
    | BTW, the ACLU is looking into this, as we speak.
    |
    | A Presbyterian church was happy to have Jeremy and Jodi Stokes as Cub
    | Scout leaders, at least until officials there found out they are
    | Mormons and told them they would have to step down because the church
    | does not consider them real Christians.
    +-[RS=>> All]

    Sounds like it was the Presbyterian sponsors, and not the Scouts, that kicked them out in this case.

    The sponsors, bigots that they are, made demands.
    The Boy Scouts eagerly complied.

    I've since learned that a Jewish couple was asked to leave this troop also.

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  • From Ross Sauer@1:123/789 to All on Fri Oct 22 17:59:46 2010
    Just as I predicted, let these bastards kick those nasty atheists and gays
    out, (saracasm off) and they'll happily kick out religions *THEY* don't
    like too.
    BTW, the ACLU is looking into this, as we speak.


    A Presbyterian church was happy to have Jeremy and Jodi Stokes as Cub Scout leaders, at least until officials there found out they are Mormons and told them they would have to step down because the church does not consider them real Christians.

    The Stokeses enrolled their sons as Scouts at Christ Covenant Church, a Presbyterian congregation about 10 miles from Charlotte, N.C., then
    expressed interest in volunteering as leaders. Church officials were
    initially thrilled earlier this month, the Stokeses said, until they saw on
    the couple's application forms that they belong to the Church of Jesus
    Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    After two Scout meetings, the Stokeses were told their sons, 6 and 8 years
    old, could remain in their packs, but the parents couldn't serve as
    leaders.

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130682153

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Ross Sauer on Sat Dec 4 09:07:00 2010
    +-
    | Just as I predicted, let these bastards kick those nasty atheists and gays
    | out, (saracasm off) and they'll happily kick out religions *THEY* don't
    | like too.
    | BTW, the ACLU is looking into this, as we speak.
    |
    | A Presbyterian church was happy to have Jeremy and Jodi Stokes as Cub Scout
    | leaders, at least until officials there found out they are Mormons and told
    | them they would have to step down because the church does not consider them
    | real Christians.
    +-[RS=>All]

    Sounds like it was the Presbyterian sponsors, and not the Scouts, that kicked them out in this case.

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