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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a kid and things at school got complicated in MS, as they do for many students, it was a relief to have a separate set of friends at Sunday School. [/quote]

+1. This is why a strong youth group is so important [/quote]

Too bad that you have to believe, or pretend you believe, in God to be a member of the youth group.[/quote]

I sure wish this statement made a modicum of sense. [/quote]

What don't you understand?  PP thinks that it's too bad that people have to believe in God, or pretend to believe, in order to have a separate set of friends.  Maybe the kid could find a separate set of friends at the playground or somewhere where you didn't have to believe in God or pretend you believe in God, like Sunday school, which is affiliated with church. 
 
Are you suggesting that there are Sunday schools that don't teach about God?  Maybe in the unitarian church.[/quote]

No PP said that it’s too bad you have to believe in God to go to youth group. Which is oxymoronic in the highest order, given that the purpose of church youth group, by definition, is to associate with others who worship and learn about gods love. [/quote]

PP here and what I meant was that it's too bad that "youth groups" are currently associated with churches.  There should be other youth groups that are not associated with churches so it was not assumed that belonging to a youth group meant believing in God.[/quote]

Have you never heard of Girl Scouts or Bot Scouts?[/quote]

Don't they push Christianity too?[/quote]
Boy Scouts have traditionally been more associated with religion/Christianity than Girl Scouts. A lot of BS troops were integrated with a church, and some private religious schools practically require all students to participate in a troop after school (boys and girls).

After the BS finally broke away from their historical anti-gay stance (at least on paper) about 10 years ago, many religious supporters of BS troops backed away and switched to alternate, more religious friendly replacements for BS troops.

The GS have for decades been more LGBT friendly. While the GS Promise has the word "God", they allow girls to substitute any word, even a secular word like love. Looking back on my GS summer camp counselors 40+ years ago, it's clear many of them were lesbians. GS culture has been welcoming to LGBT for a long time. Most GS troops in my unit were not affiliated directly with churches (or more specifically, churches were not affiliated with GS). However, troop leaders and GS can steer their activities any way they wish, so I'm sure there is occasional overlap. My troop met at a church, but we never attended any church functions, and only 1 of the scouts was a member of that church. [/quote]

Good idea. Separate young, impressionable girls away from their families and introduce them to "alternative" lifestyles.

Grooming at its finest. [/quote]

There is a reason Grinder does so well in the bible belt. [/quote]

Grinder doing well in the Bible Belt doesn't surprise me a bit.[/quote]

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