About those anti-aviatoin newsgroups

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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| "C J Campbell" wrote in message
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| My personal feelings about the matter is that any private organization
| should be able to discriminate against any group that it wishes for any
| reason.
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| I agree with you there. However:
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| * The BSA should not enjoy preferential treatment or be granted any
sort
| of government support. As a private organization, they should be
| self-sufficient if they wish to discriminate.
|

I really get tired of that canard. The Boy Scouts do not get any more
government support than any other private organization. Yes, they are
allowed to meet in public schools, just like the gay rights groups -- many
of whom do not allow straight members. Yes, they are allowed to use the
public parks, drive on the public roads, and even breathe the public air,
despite the fact that I have heard from numerous activists who do not think
any of these things should be allowed.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
...
| "C J Campbell" wrote in message
| ...
| My personal feelings about the matter is that any private organization
| should be able to discriminate against any group that it wishes for
any
| reason.
|
| I agree with you there. However:
|
| * The BSA should not enjoy preferential treatment or be granted any
sort
| of government support. As a private organization, they should be
| self-sufficient if they wish to discriminate.
|

I really get tired of that canard. The Boy Scouts do not get any more
government support than any other private organization. Yes, they are
allowed to meet in public schools, just like the gay rights groups -- many
of whom do not allow straight members.

Again, CJ, you are just inventing claims about your opponents from thin air,
so reflexively that you don't even notice that you're doing it.

Please cite even *one* example *anywhere* of a gay rights group meeting in
public schools and not allowing straight members. I doubt you can even find
a completely *private* gay rights group anywhere that doesn't allow straight
members.

Yes, they are allowed to use the
public parks, drive on the public roads, and even breathe the public air,
despite the fact that I have heard from numerous activists who do not
think
any of these things should be allowed.

This is beyond ludicrous. Apparently these activists confide in you their
secret intentions that they do not reveal anywhere else, or else you would
be able to find at least one documented instance of activists who oppose
Scouts' use of public parks or roads.

Back in the real world, CJ, groups like the ACLU that are at the forefront
of the gay rights movement are also the most adamantly in *support* of the
free-speech rights of those they disagree with, such as when the ACLU
defends the rights of Nazis to march in the streets of Skokie.

--Gary

Well, Gary, you can call me a liar if you wish, but in fact gay rights
activists have posted their opinion on rec.scouting.usa and
rec.scouting.issues that BSA should not be allowed to use public facilities,
including parks and roads, because to do so constitutes a government subsidy
of a discriminatory group.

You can fantasize all you want, but your refusal to accept the facts does
not change them.