Exact Quotes From An Official BSA Solicitation Letter

April 2004

The Boy Scouts of America stoop low and continue to mislead the public to generate funds. Review quotes taken from a recent fundraising letter.
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"Some Councils have buckled under pressure and changed their policies to allow homosexuals to serve as scout leaders."

"It's the Councils who refuse to allow homosexuals to serve as role models that are being financially punished."

"And it's the Councils that refuse to take God out of their oath that are being forced to cut programs."

"If I was on a camping trip with a leader that I knew was homosexual, I would feel funny. I don't know how to explain it, kind of vulnerable. I might even feel threatened."

"I don't know why we are protecting the rights of homosexuals and atheists."

"Councils in California, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and many other states ... have had their funding cut off because they refused to remove "God" from the oath and allow homosexuals into
their ranks."...The radicals are winning."