http://www.myballard.com/2008/11/30/christmas-tree-lots-open-for-business/ News, events and restaurant guide for Seattle's Ballard neighborhood Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.myballard.com/2008/11/30/christmas-tree-lots-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-5281 Brian Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:28:06 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/2008/11/30/christmas-tree-lots-open-for-business/#comment-5281 I doubt that you'll find a homophobe in an urban Seattle scout troop. Being involved with scouting these days is a bit like continuing to identify as Catholic even when you think the mother organization is messed up and wrong-headed. Just because a bunch of schmucks are currently at the top doesn't mean the core ideas are bad ("do unto others, etc" for Catholics, and the Scout Law for boy scouts). I doubt that you'll find a homophobe in an urban Seattle scout troop. Being involved with scouting these days is a bit like continuing to identify as Catholic even when you think the mother organization is messed up and wrong-headed. Just because a bunch of schmucks are currently at the top doesn't mean the core ideas are bad (“do unto others, etc” for Catholics, and the Scout Law for boy scouts).

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