The BSA is not a Christian organization. It is not based on a Christian point of view though its point of view has much in common with Christianity. It is inclusive to most all major religions who believe in God. They even include Zoroastrian!! This fact is trivial to verify with a simple web search!!

If you wish to be informed, I would also encourage you to research the history of Boy Scouts and the fundamental tenets of it’s founder.

Now none of the above will make you any happier. Perhaps the following.

Here is what I suspect…

The US Mint is probably in business to make money. They make coins and sell them to help pay for, perhaps AIDS research–who knows where the money goes–there are plenty of rat holes in DC.

OK, the BS Logo is a registered trademark so Uncle is just paying for the right to use it.

Does that make you feel any better? Probably not.

What is the real comparison?

Funding as you put it has everything to do with this conversation.

Our government is suppose to protect us from all enemies foreign and domestic not to jump to any one person.

I do not support the actions of Planned Parenthood in denying the right of a living being. However, if we really look at the benefits that both of these organizations provide to the Community then we can argue back and forth on what funding should be provided to each of them.

Also the government is not giving the Boy Scouts a single penny! They are making a coin that they will sell and make a profit and a portion of that sale will go the Boy Scouts. Those purchasing the coin will clearly know this fact – unlike the direct use of my tax dollar to support an organization that does not give equal rights to a human being.

However, I would not expect the government to stop funding Planned Parenthood as others see them as nondiscriminatory just like people see Boy Scouts of America the same way.

$350M represents nearly 50% of the funding that supports Planned Parenthood and the half million dollar executives salaries.

True Planned Parenthood will not say no if a gay couple wants to have an abortion which is unlikely; however, Sanger and Planned Parenthood promote the idea of “race hygiene” as outlined in the founding documents of the organization. However, those around her wanted her to promote lethal chambers to gas the children of the unfit, but she herself rejected the idea completely.

The issue of Planned Parenthood was made in reference to the misinformed comment that BSA receives direct tax dollar support that pays for nearly 50% of their funding which is completely untrue and the revenue from these coins will reach about 1% of their funding in the year 2010 and nothing more unlike the ANNUAL support by our federal government of half the operations of Planned Parenthood.

Back to this coin the government needs to seriously consider increasing this mint as 350,000 does not even represent the half the number of kids in just one level of Scouting.

Well Planned parenthood for one doesn’t discriminate against people. They preform a service for people (whether you agree with the service or not…which I will not say where I stand so we can stay on topic). Really Planned parenthood has absolutely nothing to do with the BSA or the issues behind the coin. I have no idea why it was brought up.

The last I check BSA received no federal grants (free money).

It would be awesome if the “federal” government gave the Boy Scouts of America even 1% of the $305 Million of FREE money given to planned parenthood EVERY YEAR.

Why is planned parenthood getting so much free money?

I understand that, and respect that. I am upset the government is helping to fund them. Thats a given, but its hard to deine that that does not create some bias within the organization.

I am even more outspoken, and active on a number of issues other than this one. Also I am not attacking them I am attacking this piece of legislation that is funding them! You seem to misunderstand. I respect christians, and other religious groups (though I have no belief in a god). I am in no way saying get rid of the BSA. I am simply saying funding them is wrong.

So its ok that they discriminate against me because they have done some community service? That makes no sense to me.

Yet again you have it all wrong. I am not in any way attacking you or the BSA for they beliefs in any way what so ever. I am saying that you receiving funding when you discriminate against me? is wrong.

Let me say that I am a hardcore libertarian. I in so way saying get rid of the BSA. I am saying I will not allow funding to go to the BSA that the government has helped raised.

Also if you want to get down to it you believing what you believe is bigotris toward me as a homosexual. I have read you bible twice (I was once a christian), and it is quite offensive, but I still support your right to believe what you want. Just as I support the KKK to believe what they want (I do not agree with the KKK at all though), but I , and many christians will be damned before they get government funding.

Yet again let me emphasize that I support the right for you, and the BSA to practice any form of religion.