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British scouts to get condoms

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 20th 2008 1:00PM

The British version of the Boy Scouts has issued new guidelines which instruct troop leaders to hand out condoms "if they believe [a scout] is very likely to begin or continue having intercourse with or without contraception." In addition, they are ...
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Winning the pinewood derby

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 8th 2008 10:31AM

One of the aspects of scouting that I'd heard about and would have really liked to have tried was the pinewood derby, a race using home-built, miniature, wooden racecars. I always thought it would be cool to carve a car and add wheels, basically ...
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Another girl scout gets robbed of cookie money

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 3rd 2008 4:03PM

So we've all learned that we don't go around the neighborhood selling cookies without an adult, right girls? In fact, let's all just set up a table outside the local grocery store and sell cookies with mom right there. That'll be perfectly safe, ...
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Girl Scout robbed of cookie money

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 16th 2008 10:32AM

Would you let your ten-year-old daughter go out alone to sell Girl Scout cookies? Neither would Chris Grant, but his daughter did it anyway. Nicole Grant went out with a friend to sell cookies and was stopped by a twelve-year-old girl. The other girl ...
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Sea Scout leader molested boys

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 6th 2007 10:32AM

Remember the Sea Scouts who were told they were no longer be eligible for free use of the Berkeley, California marina to berth their boats due to their discriminatory policy towards gays? Eugene Evans, the Scouts' leader, gained a modicum of fame for ...
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Boy scouts get the bill for discrimination

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 21st 2007 9:05AM

Remember the Cradle of Liberty Council of Boy Scouts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? The third largest group of scouts in the country, they have enjoyed the use of city-owned property as their headquarters for nearly 80 years. That, however, was ...
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Girl Scouts reinvent themselves

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 11th 2007 12:29PM

Contrary to popular opinion, the Girl Scouts are not just about enslaving young girls for the purpose of selling cookies without paying the overhead of a retail site. It's also about embroidery and cooking. At least, that's what most people -- and ...
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Boy Scount leaders spend big at Key West resort

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 14th 2007 7:32AM

A few Boy Scout leaders earned their Expense Account merit badge during a resort getaway last January. Orange County Boy Scout chief Leslie Baron and 31 Scouting execs from around the country racked up more than $27,000 in expenses for banquets, ...
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Scouts can't have their cake and eat it too

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 23rd 2006 4:02PM

Six years ago, the Boy Scouts of America convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that they, as a private organization, have the right to discriminate against gays and athiests. They are, after all, organized around religious principles and certainly no one ...
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