I agree with your sentiments about the diversity of the troops. I was in scouts about the same time you were, judging by the DnD reference. Our troop did very little religiously and there was no talk about any sexuality much less homosexuality in the troop. Well, at least not in the troop at large, teenage boys will talk about sex at some point for sure. I am an atheist and was not given any trouble. Of course I didn't sing it loud and proud, I figured a church is being kind enough to let us use their facilities to meet, the least I could do was respect their generosity.
As for donating my services to the organization as a whole though, I would think twice. They are responsible for the image and policy of the entire organization and if they are willing to publicly say that I am not worthy of their organization, why should I say they are worthy of my work?
I still buy the popcorn though. Helping a kid get to camp is a good thing.
I just did some flying for the holidays and considering I accidentally flew through 3 airports with not one but 2 pocket knives in my carry on, I have very little confidence in the TSA to be able to do anything. I noticed them when I was repacking to come home.
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I agree with your sentiments about the diversity of the troops. I was in scouts about the same time you were, judging by the DnD reference. Our troop did very little religiously and there was no talk about any sexuality much less homosexuality in the troop. Well, at least not in the troop at large, teenage boys will talk about sex at some point for sure. I am an atheist and was not given any trouble. Of course I didn't sing it loud and proud, I figured a church is being kind enough to let us use their facilities to meet, the least I could do was respect their generosity. As for donating my services to the organization as a whole though, I would think twice. They are responsible for the image and policy of the entire organization and if they are willing to publicly say that I am not worthy of their organization, why should I say they are worthy of my work? I still buy the popcorn though. Helping a kid get to camp is a good thing.
Mother earth news covers stuff like this all the time. https://www.motherearthnews.com/ Wanna get off the grid, they can show you how.
I just did some flying for the holidays and considering I accidentally flew through 3 airports with not one but 2 pocket knives in my carry on, I have very little confidence in the TSA to be able to do anything. I noticed them when I was repacking to come home.