On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting for

[fgoodwin]

On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting for

 

http://www.onmyhonorthebook.com/synopsis.php/

 

by Governor Rick Perry

 

In "On My Honor", Texas Governor Rick Perry takes dead aim at the secular humanist movement, and their agenda of moral relativism, for its corrosive impact on the culture. Examining the left's legal assaults on the Boy Scouts of America - which spans more than 30 years - Perry offers prescient insight into one front in this multi-faceted war which pits the proponents of traditional American values against the radical leftist movement that seeks to tear down our social foundations.

 

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[FireKat]

The book is probably the only good thing he has done for the state of Texas.

[fgoodwin]

I dunno . . . his hair looks pretty good!

[scoutingagain]

Wonder why he didn't seek out the views of fellow Eagle Scouts;

 

William Bradley

Micheal Bloomberg

Micheal Dukakis

Ronnie Earle

Richard Gephardt

Jack Murtha

Steven Spielberg?

 

He didn't call me either:(.

 

SA

 

 

 

[CalicoPenn]

Or why he didn't seek out the view of perhaps the most famous "leftist" Eagle Scout: Michael Moore

 

So who do you suppose ghost wrote the book for a busy governor?

 

Calico

[packsaddle]

Calico, that's an interesting question. I imagine it is a full time job just signing all the death warrants.

[fgoodwin]

Calico asks who ghost-wrote the book for Gov. Perry; according to the blurb below, Perry wrote the book "with" Eric Bearse, Perry's former communications director.

 

Any particular reason you ask?

 

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In first book, Perry criticizes ACLU and defends Boy Scouts

 

 

http://tinyurl.com/2exj2m

 

Proceeds to go to Boy Scouts of America; Perry to start book tour in New York

 

By W. Gardner Selby

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Saturday, February 09, 2008

 

A book by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, published this month, meshes memories of his boyhood in rural West Texas with a fierce portrayal of what he calls indefensible efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union and liberal elites to turn the nation away from traditional values and faith in God.

 

In his book, "On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts are Worth Fighting For," Perry writes that he has a personal tolerance for gay people, and concedes that it may be that a person's sexual inclinations are set by their genes.

 

Perry wrote the book last year with Eric Bearse, who was his communications director through August. It was published by Georgia-based Stroud & Hall Publishers, which specializes in works written from a conservative vantage point.

 

The book's net proceeds are slated to go to the Boy Scouts of America and its legal defense fund; Perry's office said he was not paid an advance and has no personal financial stake in the project.

 

Paul Cates, public education director of the ACLU's New York-based Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project, has not read Perry's book. Generally, Cates said, the ACLU doesn't wish to see the Boy Scouts fold. However, the group believes the group's insistence on Scouts declaring a belief in God and its refusal to allow non-believers and gays to participate in or lead Scout troops violates anti-discrimination laws and the Constitution, he said.

 

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[evilleramsfan]

OK, I'm resurrecting the thread since I am now reading the book. BTW- he did interview Michael Dukakis in the process of writing the book.... The book is an interesting read..especially in consideration of the thread on the female ASM who was removed....