BOY SCOUTS

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: July 5, 2000 | Copyright information

BOY SCOUTS

Editorial made bad comparison

Wednesday, July 5, 2000

Regarding the June 30 editorial about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the James Dale case, I have dedicated my life's work to the promotion and enhancement of the Scouting movement, and I am most distressed to read in my newspaper that what I am all about is to be compared with the Ku Klux Klan ("Let Boy Scouts be private").

In reality, there is nothing in Scouting that can be compared to the Ku K...

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