[madprof98]

The Atlanta papers merged a while back, and for a very short time they had a sort of "balance" in their op-ed pieces. But lately it's just propaganda for the Left, and I suspect we'll get more of it in this new political era.

[Hodar]

I wonder if the Shriners are the next group that will be held up for ridicule, as they have similar requirements, and do good things for society.

[Non-Sequitur]

The Scouts are a private organization, they can ban anyone they want from membership, and there is nothing the AJC can do about it. They might as well accept that.

[Restorer]

''On my honor'' begins the Scout oath, in which boys pledge to do their best to uphold their duty to God and country.

Shot herself in the foot with this sentence. Any Scout who takes this pledge while not believing in a God has no honor.

[hoosierham]

The Scouts most certainly have acted with honor;Mr. Lambert is not being punished , he simply does not adhere to the standards required for membership.

It's so simple even a liberal can understand,even if she chooses not to.

[TomServo]

Part of everyone's duty is deciding for ourselves what we believe and why, and standing behind those beliefs in the face of challenge.

And the Scouts have done a magnificent job of upholding their beliefs. FOAD, lady.

[Alberta's Child]

Funny how these people all commend the Boy Scouts for what they do, but not on the terms under which they do it.

A Boy Scout who claims that he is gay or does not believe in God is no longer a Boy Scout by definition, no matter how much he insists that he still is. He can still "respect others," "conserve natural resources," and "be a leader in thought and in deed" -- he just can't call himself a Boy Scout in the process.

What makes this attitude truly pathetic is that these people have all placed a higher value on the organization to which they belong than they do on themselves. If I were gay or an atheist I would leave any organization that wouldn't accept me on those grounds, and consider myself better for doing it.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Wonder how old Mary there would feel about being told what she has print in her little local rag?

[Ecliptic]

Would the paper hire someone as a writer who was an avowed supporter of Osama?; someone who liked to have a constant flame on their desk?; A CONSERVATIVE??

When the Paper is open to all, then it can voice an opinion. Until then, this type of article is hypocritical....

[Asclepius]

... I think the only power higher than myself is the power of all of us combined ...

The power of all of us combined has not the strength or scope or efficacy of a single prayer uttered by a single child in a single moment. God help us if all we have is the power of all of us combined.

[galt-jw]

well, well, the libs and statists advocate the rights of the collective over those of any individual. It seems in this case, they don't like the hole they dug for themselves.

[concentric circles]

The young man chose to make an issue of his lack of faith. In so doing he voluntarily separated himself from the organization. Unwilling to take the oath to do his duty to God and country he became unwilling to be a boy scout. Now he lacks the maturity to accept responsibility for his decisions. That's o.k., he's young and hopefully as he grows he will open up to the deeper lessons of this experience.

[Alberta's Child]

Each of us, in our own way, must undertake the intellectual and spiritual journey that Lambert made in arriving at his atheism.

Then how hard is it for each of us to undertake the same intellectual and spiritual journey to arrive at a conclusion that we don't want to be Boy Scouts any more?

If I were a parent whose kids were involved in the Boy Scouts precisely for the values that the Boy Scouts hold, I really wouldn't give two sh!ts about some atheist's "intellectual and spiritual journey."

And I wouldn't give one sh!t about what a third-rate columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution thought about the organization my kids belonged to, either.

[AAABEST]

"intolerance"

I'm so effen sick of this word.

[RAT Patrol]

No one is OWED membership in the Boy Scouts. Live by their rules or go start your own scouting group.

[RAT Patrol]

Let me add that Colin Powell should denounce this kid for saying that God does not exist since he is now the self assigned religion police. We can't have people saying negative things about religion.

[Always Right]

To defend that practice, Scout officials point to a shaky 5-4 Supreme Court decision...

Roe V Wade was a 'shaky' 5-4 Supreme Court decision too.

[wjcsux]

If this idiot didn't believe in God, why did he join the Boy Scouts?

[dead]

I know a (sometimes) lesbian, who was arguing with me that the Pope was wrong in his statements regarding the Catholic stance on homosexuality.

I said to her, "Don't you think its a bit presumptuous of you to say you know more about being a Catholic than the Pope?"

Even she had to acknowledge that point.

[Busywhiskers]

The writer of this deserves a badge for conspicuous stupidity.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

This homo plant kept saying that lying was wrong and he was such a good Boy Scout.I got news for him,every time he went"three fingers up"and repeated the oath he was lying by claiming he believed in GOD.He should be stripped of his membership!WHERE DO I GET ONE OF THOSE"INTOLERANCE MERIT BADGES"?