Re: Boy Scout Open Source

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:06:17 -0400 (EDT) 
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> I don't want to get too political on BLU, and I guess I did start it, but 
> in my defense, IMHO, I think it is important to consider who gets our 
> charitable help as free software advocates. 
> 
> No gays or atheists allowed in the scouts. Since neither myself, some of 
> my friends, nor some members of my family are allowed to join or volunteer 
> for them, I can't in good conscience support them. 


This is a difficult call because of their national policy.  But, on the 
other end, they do a lot of good work for boys and the community.  And 
yes, while I don't have any gay relatives, I have friends and business 
associates who are gay and others who are atheists. As a political 
moderate, I will cop out a bit on this issue because on one hand I 
certainly dislike the Boy Scout's policies, but on the other, as I 
said, they otherwise do good work, especially at the troop level. 

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