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Central NJ Churches and schools. Both having problems. 2 packs ousted from school. Adopted by Catholics. 3 towns have met to get BSA out of schools. Has become a side issue for school board elections. Our chartering church tabled a discussion last month, but not for long about removing us. Religious intolerance seems bigger issue than the media credits. Order of politics seems to be aetheists (and unchurched), gay scouts, gay leaders, BSA disapproving of some religions. Looks like the battle is to make local decisions locally not Nationally, rather than what those decisions would be. I envy those who can have an outing without a side conversation. But we've got decisions to make and no help in sight from BSA making them.

I hate to join when things seem hot but count on you remaining scoutlike. I'm searching for ideas on this. See, our public schools (and, for that matter, our local churches) entered into these charters without the "policy" statements made with the Supreme Court battle. Now that this is stated as being part of our Boy Scout Program we need one of 2 things. 1) Retain local policy control and have National back out of individual troop decisions, honoring the charters or 2) find another program for our lives (and this is our lives, ours and our families and our communities!) We are our public school members too!