the city of philadelphia has decided to punish the boy scouts of america because it will not allow homosexuals to serve as scout leaders.
city officials said they will charge the cradle of liberty scouts council $200,000 a year to use the city-owned headquarters.
the council was paying $1 per year (since 1928).
Why can't the scouts just do away with their anti-gay stance? It seems a bit antiquated in this day and age.
Frequent Fader Miles- Homosexuality and Pedophilia are two separate things! I'm a heterosexual woman; just because I find men attractive doesn't mean I'd ever feel attraction for a child!
as the year slows down towards winter we enter a time reflection and preparation for the coming year, it is, for many pagans (as well as christians) a time for rememberance of those passed over, loved ones who are with us no more.
this fits in well with the belief of many that at this time of year the veil between the spirit world and the physical is at its thinnest and our ancesters/loved ones are closer to us.. for those loved and missed, who would you choose to remember at this time of year and why?.
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My grandmother. She died 2 1/2 years ago. I have dreams where she's alive again, and I can talk to her, but only for one minute and then she'll have to go. I try to tell her how much I love her, how much I miss her, and I can't get the words out fast enough. I wake up choking and sobbing.
This year, at Samhain, I plan to hold a ritual for her. I'll burn a candle and make an offering, and I'll tell her everything I was unable to before. If she's near, she'll hear me. I'm not expecting a reply, but it would be nice to know she's there.
guys and gals, here we go !
i started a serious thred tonight, now it's time to relax and have some fun!
i think we have all been a bit stressed what with trevor gate and all, so it's friday night, let's loosen up a bit ?
I look uncannily like Pola Negri. My honey looks a lot like Wayne Coyne. My cat looks like Morris.
well it's worth a try - even if it only annoys minimus.
if ya fave is bohemian rhapsody then your no.
2 song.
Body Language. Just about the sleaziest song ever written.
20 is a great age for developed youthfulness, and 25 to 30 is as well.
if it was to be around say, 28, why wouldn't have 20 been a better choice?
why would it have been 35 or 40, if younger years are always more vibrant and healthier years?.
I've gotta say that 50 is about right. That's how old my man is, and he's just perfect.
in light of the recent favorite songs threads, i propose:.
what is your favorite vanilla ice tune?.
It's funny, as much as people make fun of him now (myself included) his 1st album did sell quite well. I remember hearing that Ice Ice Baby garbage almost constantly on the radio when it was released.
I mean, it was kind of catchy. I'm just sayin'.
it was expected of me to get baptized and at 9 i was.
what about you?
When I was 11, my folks had me go through the questions with the elders. I was told that I needed to get baptised, or else find a new place to live. As we were living in a strange city where we knew no one, and we'd cut ties with all our relatives, I figured I had noplace else to go, no one who'd take me in. So, I got dunked two days after I turned twelve. They drove me to an assembly in another state, rather than wait a couple of weeks until our own assembly was held. I'm not sure why they decided it had to be done right away, but it was all very strange. We arrived just before intermission, I got baptised, and we left as soon as I got dressed. As we scuttled out to the parking lot, my soaking wet hair got my dress all wet, and as I didn't have a coat, I froze my ass off all the way home.
The funny thing is, I now know that pretty much any one of my relatives would have rescued me, if I'd only called them. Think of how different my life might have turned out if my grandmother had raised me! I mean, I would have been raised Catholic, but I would have had a normal home...
danny you have been fearless in your exposing jws for the cult they are and the harm they have done and are doing.
keep up the good work.
but please be careful in what you do as this board and recovering xjws need people like you who are fearless in exposing the wt.
Lenny- I think I got caught up in my emotions and mistook what you were saying. You're right, it's one thing to support him as a fellow human: angry as I am just now, I do support him in that sense, although I absolutely won't support his actions. And I do understand the pain he's feeling, as many of us here do. I just think he took this thing way, way too far, and needs to reasess his moral position on this issue.
And thanks for wishing me a happy b-day- although I'm reaching an age where I'd like to forget them sometimes!
danny you have been fearless in your exposing jws for the cult they are and the harm they have done and are doing.
keep up the good work.
but please be careful in what you do as this board and recovering xjws need people like you who are fearless in exposing the wt.
Lenny, I beg to differ. I don't support Danny, and haven't for a long time. And yes, I do condemn him; he's done something horrible, then bragged about it.
do any of you enjoy lighting incense?
if so, what is your favourite scent?
which reminds me...i always light a stick of incense an hour or so before the "girls" show up for study.
I burn it as part of my religious practice, and because it smells so nice. I make my own, as it's very easy to do and I like to know exactly what I'm inhaling. When I run out of the homegrown, Nag Champa is easy to find, inexpensive, and won't make me sneeze.
