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So doing 5 pull-ups in 1 minute then 30 days later doing 5 pull-ups in 30 seconds isn't "showing improvement"? Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

"If Ed Mori wants to parade down the street in a thong, so be it..." Wow, that's wrong on so many levels...lol Hey! Why is that wrong? I like butt floss! And how did I get associated with wearing a thong, pack?? Ed "Thong" Mori 1 Peter 4:10

The SM is at fault if a Scout has a POR for the required amount of time & does nothing. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

It's all or nothing OGE! Just using the parts you want from the Bible doesn't cut it.

The Bible is 100% fact. You might not believe that, Merlyn, but that doesn't make it not true.

Gern, Then that is a problem! Merlyn, It would be nice if we stayed in the real world & not tary in the world of fiction. (This post has never been edited)

Ed knows that homosexuality is a sin in God's view. Another person knows homosexuality is NOT a sin in God's view. Reconcile THAT! Easy! The Bible!

The Church has deemed some things as sins. For me, it's what God has deemed as sin. The church sometimes adds stuff. And God has deemed homosexuality to be a sin. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

In our Troop, the committee is pretty much the BOR. They have refused advancement because they didn't feel a requirement was done as well as it should have been. If they don't agree with the pull-up, they might not pass him. Yes, it has been 3 1/2 years since he crossed over. Not done as well as it should have been? The requirement states "improvement". Makes no difference how well it's done! And it is the Scoutmaster's call, not the committee! Holding a Scout back because he didn't do pull-ups "well enough" is just plain wrong. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Dunno Gern. TJ are you willing to answer this question?

Never had the urge for guys, Gern, only girls!

It could even be how fast they are done. If it takes a Scout 1 minute to do 2 pull-ups & 30 days later he can do 2 pull-ups in 30 seconds, that is an improvement. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

No pack, you are correct. And since there is and in my opinion never will be unequivocal evidence that being gay is biological, I don't think I will ever have to deal with this question. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed. I thought we covered this already. People don't CHOOSE to be gay any more than they CHOOSE to be AB+ or redheads or 140 IQ. That's just the way we come out. Sexual orientation is not a choice like wearing a moustache or playing the piano or worshiping Allah. And you have "without a doubt" proof of this Trevorum? You are correct, Merlyn. I want ot be with people who want me. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

TJ, You chose to be gay. Hence, the BSA doesn't want you to be a member of their organization. You decided to lie so you could be a member of the BSA. Now, let's forget you are gay & just go with you being a member under false pretenses. How does that live into the Scout Oath/Law? It doesn't does it. Merlyn, Always attacking aren't you! You are one angry human! Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

skeptic writes: So, if you do not believe in [a god], then why would you even entertain joining the BSA? Hmm, how about if your school has a SafeRides program, and you're, say, an atheist teetotaler with a brother who was paralyzed by a drunk driver, and you want to volunteer to help prevent drunk driving accidents -- and then you find out the SafeRides program is a Venture Crew, and atheists can't join. Why should an atheist student NOT join the SafeRides program? Then you find some other way to help! Everyone is not entitled to everything they want or want to do. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Yup, tj, advocating your lifestyle. Correct terminology. If homosexuality is moral, why are homosexuals "coming out of the closet" & why isn't homosexuality as prevalent as heterosexuality? Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Why in the world would anyone think that??? We don't allow anyone to discuss heterosexuality with the boys now, so why would we allow anyone to discuss other kinds of sexuality? Sexuality has no place in scouting, period. That argument is a red herring, plain an simple. Just cause the ain't allowed doesn't mean they won't. I wouldn't want my son camping with a gay leader. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

And does "No Flames in Tents" include people or just fire? Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

An Eagle project is to show leadership. How can a Scout do that if he is the only participant? I don't believe he can. And I'm not real big on developing web sites as Eagle Projects. Sure they take a lot of work but usually, once the Scout has completed the project, the web site goes bye-bye! Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Merlyns only interest is to point out how bad the BSA, in his opinion, is. The BSA & little league were portrayed in the same fashion but Merlyn decided to point out the BSA comment & left the little league out! Neither show up in any trailer or any mention anywhere else! Making something out of nothing! Typical Meryln style!

Merlyn's original post - Reportedly, after Adam Sandler pretends to be gay to enter into a domestic partnership to help out a buddy, he's no longer welcome in the Boy Scouts: Does anyone see the word mention or any reference to it in Merlyn's original post? Neither do I. Thanks for the definition, though. No Ed, that's why I called it a "mention" from the very start: Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Well, golly, Merlyn. The shower scene was mentioned! So was GLAAD! You seem to think it's a big deal or you wouldn't of posted it! Tell, me Merlyn, since I "can't learn", what does a Boy Scout mention in a movie mean? Does it mean the same a little league mention? Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Big article on this movie in the USA Today & not one mention of tech Boy Scouts! Must not be all that big of a deal! If it was, a national newspaper would have at least mentioned it! Here's the text NEW YORK Kevin James knows the secret to a more perfect union. It's called compromise. Take his relationship with Adam Sandler and their conflicting sports affiliations. "Adam's a big Yankees fan and I'm a big Mets fan, so we went to one (baseball game) of each," says James, 42. Sandler has a different take on what makes their partnership function. "Me and Kevin are remarkably similar. We both come from incredibly nice New York families. We both have beautiful families of our own. And we are both huge Adam Sandler fans," says Sandler, 40, via e-mail. And this Friday, the two put their bond to the test as straight Brooklyn firefighters who pretend to be gay to get domestic-partner benefits in the comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. It's James' first lead role in a film after wrapping up nine seasons of the CBS sitcom The King of Queens, which earned him an Emmy nomination. He might marry Sandler in the film, but James' real-life man crush is a man from another league. "I'd go with sports. That's who I relate to and look up to. I was with (All-Star first baseman) Keith Hernandez the other night, and he's a hero of mine. He's still looking good with the mustache. He could be it, from the '86 Mets," James says. Chuck and Larry tackles the controversial question of gay marriage. It has earned the endorsement of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). From the start, director Dennis Dugan says, he and Sandler were sensitive to the reactions of gay activists. "GLAAD read the original script and gave us notes. One of our writer/producers was gay, and he was our insight to the gay community. GLAAD came to screenings. In the end, they blessed it," Dugan says. But any ensuing controversy notwithstanding, James and Sandler just set out to get some laughs. "Adam and I aren't necessarily going to change the world. If things happen that are good out of the movie, that's great. But on the other hand, we didn't want to offend anyone, either. Honestly, we didn't," James says. He did, though, have a problem shooting the film's shower scene, which had the firefighters sharing a communal facility while appearing naked but actually wearing flesh-colored thongs. "I was so out of shape. I gained 20 pounds during the movie we were in New York, eating and partying and having fun. All the pizza here," James groans. "Things were being shot out of succession. And I find out that next week we're shooting the shower scene. I asked for a toiletry bag to cover up. It looks ridiculous." Not that James minds looking silly, or having his weight mocked. "I did nine years of The King of Queens, and fat jokes are great. I would write them," he says. "But I can't be a hypocrite and say we're making fun of these things, but not about my weight. I really don't have a problem with it. It's fine. If it did bother me, I'd tell (Sandler)." The two guys had known each other in passing while James shot Queens on the Sony lot where Sandler was also shooting movies. Now, they're close friends. "It was one of those magical things that works for them in life," Dugan says. "They both, off camera, sit in the video village and smoke cigars and talk for hours and crack jokes. Adam kept saying, 'We're never going to have this much fun on a movie again. It's impossible to have more fun than this.' " According to James, "We'd shoot 14-hour days and spend the next two hours in the trailer, laughing, watching movies don't tell my wife." As much fun as he might have with Sandler, James' heart belongs at home with his wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, 32, and their baby, Shea, 1 month, as well as her older sister, Sienna, almost 2. On his one day off during his pre-release publicity push, he shot an episode of Sesame Street for his daughters to watch. "When it comes to the kids, they control me. The new one doesn't do much at all except for grunt and cry for food. Which is, oddly enough, the same thing I do. But Sienna, my older one, we have a lot of fun just playing and rolling around," James says. And like their fathers, the James and Sandler children get along, too. "Sienna and Sadie (Sandler's 1-year-old daughter) play. Sienna has been teaching Sadie how to eat crayons, which is nice. I'm glad my daughter picked that one up early," James says. "And I've been getting on (Sandler and his wife, Jackie Titone) to catch up and have another one. The wives get along, so it's been a perfect match." And it's the same in the movie. Sandler and James share top billing in the comedy, and are both in the movie poster. But success comes at a steep price, James jokes: "He knows that because he gave me this part, I owe him for life. He did me a solid, and that's why I hate owing him, but I do." The film is a big break for James, who wrapped the perennially under-the-radar King of Queens this spring and is now venturing into movies after a supporting turn in Will Smith's 2005 blockbuster Hitch. Playing a parcel delivery-man on his low-key show, James says, proved a blessing: "It may have helped me in film, because when you're so identified with a character, like Friends or Everybody Loves Raymond, it's a harder jump, because (audiences) don't want to accept you as anything else." On the big screen, he has been fortunate to click not only with Sandler but also with Smith. He says both actors "are amazingly true to who you think they are." "Adam treats everyone on the cast incredibly all his friends and people he has been working with for years. He takes care of his friends and family. He put my brother in the movie he plays one of the firefighters. Adam wants to help everybody out and have a good time." Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10

Can yeh even name a single adult in the program who wasn't a scout as a youth? Hello!