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March 17, 2005


A Scout Is Loyal


Matthew Holmes

The ACLU is never going to stop.

It's time the rest of us realize that and decide to do something about it.

Because the Boy Scouts of America are in danger and unless we lend a hand, I fear one day they too will fall.

I have never been prouder to be a part of any organization than the honor I feel to be known as an Eagle Scout.

Scouting is where I learned about Honor to God and Country. Scouting taught me how to defend myself through physical fitness and the use of firearms. Scouting taught me the truth behind the proud history of our nation, gave me an eternal respect for the military, and a sense of what being a patriot is all about.

In my time as a Scout, I also learned the value of service and the rewards that come from helping other people.

We fed the homeless, collected Christmas presents for underprivileged children, helped clean up lakes, rivers, roadsides, and parks. I taught first aid, CPR, and lifesaving. I made a positive impact in my community and was blessed to be a part of something important.

My Eagle Scout Project consisted of renovating the town hall building for a tiny town in Texas. Other Eagle projects I have participated in included: fingerprinting children as part of an anti-kidnapping initiative with the police department, painting fire hydrants to make locating them easier for the firefighters to locate, building signs to go at a wildlife environmental center, and painting the dugout and concession stands on a baseball field for a community center.

I'd be willing to bet that everyone reading this piece has benefited in some way by the efforts of the Scouts.

And what have they ever asked for in return?

Just a chance to serve the community again and maybe to collect canned food to give to the poor.

There is no organization in the world that is a better model to teach boys how to become men.

Having said that, is it any wonder that destroying the Boy Scouts of America is the number one goal of the ACLU?

For an organization whose mission is to destroy the fabric of traditional America, is there any better target?

I receive letters and e-mail all the time from people asking me the same question: "What can we do to defeat the ACLU?"

Thanks to their legal loopholes and robust financing, we can't just tell the ACLU to take a walk and expect them to disappear. Yet, people are frustrated by the seemingly useless notion of calling or e-mailing Congress or the Department of Defense to support the Scouts, only to have their feelings ignored by the government and overturned by the judiciary.

The only way to hurt the ACLU is to fight back.

And it seems to me that the best way to fight this godless, anti-American, buzzsaw of intolerance is to throw all of our support to the Boy Scouts of America.

The Scouts are the ACLU's Most Wanted because up until now the BSA is the only group that has consistently told the ACLU to go to hell.

When everyone else capitulates to their threats, the BSA has refused to be intimidated.

But all of that might be changing.

The BSA is withdrawing thousands of charters in their long standing relationship with public school systems across the country, because the ACLU is threatening lawsuits over the relationships.

The Scouts will not surrender because they are wrong. They will surrender because the monetary burden is more than they can bear.

The financial strain lawsuits like these cause an organization like the Scouts is always the impetus for the surrender of principles.

Again, I repeat the question so many of you have asked: "What can we do to stop the ACLU?"

I know of two specific answers.

1) Go to www.give2bsa.org and donate money to the defense fund for the Scouts. It is the most direct way to challenge the ACLU, and the money will certainly not be wasted.

2) Write your own message of support to the Boy Scouts of America at www.bsalegal.org

Tell the Scouts why you are donating money to their cause and let them know you will stand with them. If you have Scout aged children, get them in your local troop or Cub Scout Pack.

The BSA is an organization built around service to others. They will not come to your door and ask you to help them.

But we owe them our help.

The second Scout Law reads "A Scout is Loyal."

It's time to show the ACLU where our loyalties lie.

Source: Matthew Holmes is a North Carolina based columnist for Wildfire Politics. His articles have been featured in the North Carolina Conservative, World Net Daily.Com, News Max.Com, Opinion Editorials.Com, and other media outlets. He can be reached at blade729@msn.com or http://www.wildfirepolitics.com