Slog - Comments on My Home State http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1 Where the people continue to elect batshit crazy, numbskull homophobes: The NYTimes' Deborah Solomon: Let’s talk about your new book, “On My Honor,” which draws on your experience as an Eagle Scout and champions the values of the Boy Scouts of America, to whom you are donating your royalties. Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Yes, to their legal-defense fund. Solomon: Which has been fighting the A.C.L.U., to keep gays out of the scouts. Why do you see that as a worthy cause? Perry: I am pretty clear about this one. Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:37:23 -0800 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Michael Is he familiar with the term HeteroSEXuality?

]]> Michael http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947265 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:39:00 -0800 Comment by Paulus gay

]]> Paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947276 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947276 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:45:13 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger Cann't we just abort Texas from the Union and let Mexico have it?

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947278 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:45:54 -0800 Comment by exelizabeth The boy scouts make me sad. They were an important part of my boyfriend's life growing up, and I see them being of value to a boy. If I had a son, I would like him to be in boy scouts. But, like Florida, it's just something I can't do because it's so against my values.

It's sad that they make such a big deal about it. They're cheapening their organization and denying a valuable experience to a lot of kids. And even the ones that do join are getting a divisive political message that has nothing to do with scouts. Sad.

Please, won't someone just think of the children?

]]> exelizabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947279 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947279 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:46:06 -0800 Comment by Jiberish i like how he doesn't even think there might be gay kids who are affected by this and not just the, in his mind, dirty scout masters.

i was in southern NM when they banned indian gaming (just two tribes) and watched the jebus freaks hudreds of miles from el paso decry the tigua's and their effect on society. then forget all about the tigua's when their health care and other facilty's started to close. HYPOCRITE!!

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947287 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:54:09 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty The Boy Scouts are totally under the thumb of the Mormon Church. Didn't used to be that way, but they are now. So this should not be a shock to anyone.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947289 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947289 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:54:51 -0800 Comment by Peter F My Son's in Scouts -- we have a pack meeting tonight on the Eastside. Sexual orientation never comes up at all in our troop, and religion barely even gets mentioned (my son and I are atheists).

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947299 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:01:42 -0800 Comment by Ziggity Met my first boyfriend in Scouts.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947313 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:08:39 -0800 Comment by w7ngman @7, isn't Reverence part of the Scout Law? Do some troops just conveniently ignore that?

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947319 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:14:08 -0800 Comment by genevieve @5 - I'm sure he believes that kids only 'turn' gay when some immoral adult talks about it.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947321 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:17:07 -0800 Comment by Peter F @9, shhhh

Actually it seems to be something that families can choose to do (or not) on their own. At least in our troop.

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947327 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:22:23 -0800 Comment by Geni Why anyone would ask Governor Goodhair his opinion on anything is beyond me. The man barely has enough glial cells to qualify as a primate.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947330 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:23:09 -0800 Comment by six shooter This man will run for national office.

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947363 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:50:24 -0800 Comment by Cat in Chicago You're from Texas? I guess that explains a lot.

]]> Cat in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947401 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:35:03 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman The Scouts are entitled to discriminate. I was entitled to ship them my stuff back from my boyhood days with a nasty letter. Scouts cry boo-hoo when their donative funding gets cut off. So be it. Wanna discriminate? Fine. Want people's contributions to come to your organization? Nope, if those contributions are done within a group (such as United Way) that has adequate non-discrimination policies in place.

The Boy Scouts of today are a very different animal from yesteryear. They've largely been taken over by right wingish groups (Mormon wards make up a huge number of Scout troops).

I agree with @4. The Boy Scouts should be about the children. Unfortunately, the Boy Scouts, which should be about building friendships, leadership skills as well as working and playing well with others shows that its organization now does none of that for kids. It's really too bad - hence why I shipped them my Scouting gear.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947405 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:40:16 -0800 Comment by Julie "to help out moms". Awesome.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947530 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:36:37 -0800 Comment by RainMan If I start a fire by rubbing two sticks together under this guy's ass would that count as my good deed for the day?

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947558 Politics Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:40:34 -0800 Comment by Andrew Yeah I was an Eagle Scout (seriously over-rated BTW) and now am gay. Our troop was sponsered by ....the local National Guard unit in central Montana and let me tell you that at least since the early 1980's when I was just a Cub Scout the entire organization is a bunch of right wing wackos with paramilitary designs on young kids.

Save America and ban the Boy Scouts!

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c947606 Politics Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:22:24 -0800 Comment by Sal "The Muckraker" Costello Did you ever see that "canteen boy" sketch on SNL?

Why is Perry so obsessed with the boy scouts?

Sal "The Muckraker" Costello
http://salcostello.blogspot.com/

]]> Sal "The Muckraker" Costello http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c948311 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_home_state_1#c948311 Politics Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:53 -0800