re: #172 Thanos

Since the boy scouts make a point of purposefully excluding gays and atheists, I don’t see any issue or problem with the President dissing them eternally until they become more tolerant and inclusive.

On my honor, I will try
To do my duty, to God* and my country
To help other people at all times
And to obey the Girl Scout laws.

*That evil word again.

This was the creed when I was a scout in the 70s. We also said the Pledge every morning (“One nation under God”). They are certainly more particular about those kinds of things now, but I have to say, there was nothing whatsoever religious about Scouting nor was there anything religious in public school, except for Christmas Trees and Menorahs in December.

As a Jew I learned to personally dismiss any kind of Christian references if I ever did see them. It wasn’t a big deal.