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Welcome to
Troop 402 -- Dade City, Florida
Our troop has a long and
exciting history of having fun, going camping, setting
goals, earning merit badges, being involved in community
activities, and learning life-long skills that benefit
others and ourselves throughout our lives.
We meet each Monday night
at 7:00pm in Dade City, Florida to learn some, laugh
some, plan our activities, and work on our individual and
group projects.
Be
sure to see the Upcoming Events for the activities schedule
We welcome boys and their
family to get in touch with us to learn more about
Scouting and how it's one of the greatest life
experiences you will have.
Here are some
of the things we believe and live by...
The Scout Oath
On my honor,
I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and
to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times;
to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and
morally straight.
Scout Law
A Scout is
trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind,
obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. (click
here to read more...)
Scout Motto
Be Prepared.
Scout Slogan
Do a Good
Turn Daily.
Outdoor Code
As an
American, I will do my best to be clean in my outdoor
manners, be careful with fire, be considerate in the
outdoors, and be conservation-minded.
The Pledge Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to
the Republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
You can get more
information about our activities, and more about the Boy
Scouts of America by clicking on the links on the left
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Contact us
at...
bsa402@hunteridge.com
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Boy Scouts or
ACLU, what's your choice?
By Joseph Farah
(c) 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Most
Americans just laughed and shook our heads in disbelief years ago when a
handful of extremists began systematically
targeting the Boy Scouts as a "subversive organization."
But over time, because most Americans didn't fight
back, didn't marginalize the extremists, didn't speak up proudly and stand
behind the Boy Scouts, it is this outstanding civic organization
that has taken a beating.
The decision this week by the Defense Department to
accommodate the American Civil Liberties Union at the expense of the Boy
Scouts illustrates the way our country is being reshaped by the
worldview of the extremists.
In case you missed it, the Pentagon has agreed to warn its bases not to
sponsor Boy Scout troops in appeasement of the ACLU and end a 5-year-old
lawsuit that had charged the government with improperly supporting a
group promoting belief in God.
Our founding fathers must be spinning in their graves today.
If you take the ACLU and other extremists supporting its agenda at their
word, you have to believe this fight is about "tolerance."
They maintain they oppose the Boy Scouts because of
their
"intolerance" for people who don't embrace their values. And, in the
name of "tolerance," the ACLU and those who consider the Boy Scouts
"subversive," have no tolerance for the Boy Scouts - or anyone else who
disagrees with them.
The ACLU is never going to change. It is an anti-American
organization. It is a group that seeks to destroy all
that makes America a unique experiment in freedom. It is an organization
in league with all of America's enemies. It is an organization that hates
God, hates what is right, decent and morally upright. It is an
organization in league with the Devil, as far as I am
concerned.
And the ACLU is an organization that needs to be isolated,
exposed for
what it is, recognized for what it is and destroyed
if necessary.
Instead, because most Americans have a live-and-let-live
attitude, we
"tolerate" the ACLU. We wink at it. Maybe we laugh at it. But the ACLU and
its allies continue to push our society,
to transform it, to remake it in its own twisted image.
The Boy Scouts have been targeted by the ACLU and the homosexual
activists because the Boy Scouts have been uncompromising in their views
and standards. The subversives hate that. They hate when people stand up
for what's right.
When it becomes dangerous to stand up for what's right in
America, you know we're in trouble as a nation.
Let me ask you a question:
Would you rather live next door to a family that hosts a Boy
Scout troop or a family of homosexual activists?
Would you rather live next door to a family of people who attend church
or synagogue every week, or would you prefer to live next door to the
local head of the ACLU?
What's so scary about the Boy Scouts?
A Boy Scout pledges to be
trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and
reverent.
A Boy Scout vows to keep himself physically strong,
morally
straight and mentally alert.
And because of these characteristics and goals, the Boy Scouts today are
under siege - the latest target in the Culture War.
When you see an
institution like this under attack, it should set off an internal warning
that our very way of life - not just the Boy Scouts - is threatened by an
organized, well-funded
conspiracy. I know many do not like that word "conspiracy," but no other
synonym in the English language is appropriate in this context.
Think about it.
There are people in our society today who believe that it is
unconstitutional for citizens to act on their moral
judgments, such as the view that homosexuality is wrong. They believe that
the state has the right coercively to dictate matters of
conscience.
As these enemies of freedom,
morality and responsibility see it, the Boy Scouts do not have the right
to assert their First
Amendment rights.
And they are succeeding. As incredible as it may seem, they are winning
this Culture War. The establishment press is their ally. The
entertainment industry is their ally. The federal government is their
ally. The schools are their allies. The foundations are their allies.
The apostate churches and synagogues are their allies. Now, even the
U.S. military has become their ally.
It's time to reframe the debate.
That's the only way our civilization, as we know it, can survive.
It's time to tell the truth.
It's time to stand up for decency.
That we now live
in a world in which it is dangerous to stand up for trustworthiness,
loyalty, helpfulness, friendliness, courteousness, kindness, obedience,
cheerfulness, bravery,
cleanliness and reverence should be a warning to us all.
The stakes are high.
I, for one, am taking a public stand in favor of the Boy Scouts.
I like what they stand for.
Even though I have never been a Scout or involved with the organization
(as a father of five girls), I consider their goals
and objectives beyond reproach.
I guess it's time to add me to the enemies list.
I support the Boy Scouts - unequivocally, unabashedly,
unashamedly.
The Boy Scouts personify the kind of world in which I would like to live
and raise my family.
If this is the new dividing line in our society, let the
barricades be erected.
I'm not retreating - not another inch.
Who's with me?
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I'm with you, Joe...
Mark Hendricks
Scout Master Troop 402
Dade City, Florida
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