Senate Backs Scouts Use Of Federal Land

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/07/072605scouts.htm

The Senate voted Tuesday to allow U.S. military bases to continue to host Boy Scouts events, responding to lawsuits and a federal court ruling aimed at severing relationships between the government and the youth group.

The vote came one day after four adult Scout leaders from an Alaska troop were killed on the opening day of the National Scout Jamboree at the Army's Fort A.P. Hill in Bowling Green, Va., when a tent pole apparently struck a power line.

In a 98-0 vote, the Senate approved the provision continuing the hosting of Boy Scout events as part of massive bill setting Defense Department policy for next year.

[atreides1]

1. And yet....

...the prevention of torture, rape and murder is considered to be interference of the Pentagon's official policies.

[bowens43]

2. 98 to nothing

Isn't there a single Democrat in the Senate with integrity?

Hopefully the courts will rectify this.

[davidinalameda]

3. it was an amendment

I was troubled with that until I went back and re-read the article

[TaleWgnDg]

4. Yup, most crap IS stuck into an amendment of a bill that's . . .

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Yup, most crap IS stuck into an amendment of a bill that's . . . imperative to pass. That's politics.



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