"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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| [...] The BSA is not *specifically* for the benefit of heterosexual men,

Well, actually, it is.

Well, actually, no it's not. Nothing in the original charter says anything
about sexual preference. Furthermore, the raison d'etre for the BSA is to
teach boys about leadership, civic duties, outdoorsmanship, and the like.

The 99's exist specifically to provide an organization for female pilots.
That's the charter. Just as the BSA is for *boys* and as such do not allow
girls to participate.

It's not called the "Heterosexual Scouts of America". The discrimination
the 99's engage in is not the same. For that matter, the completely
legitimate discrimination that the BSA engages in when they exclude girls is
not the same as the absurd discrimination that they engage in when they
exclude gays.

Pete