General Information -- rec.scouting.issues
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This article is from the Scouting FAQ, by Bill Nelson nelsonb@nospam.aztec.asu.edu, Soaring Golden Eagle eagle@rangernet.org and Alan Houser troop24@emf.net with numerous contributions by others.
General Information -- rec.scouting.issues
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users or implementers of these programs.
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organizations. For example, anything relating to the "the 3Gs" in the
USA
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organizations, God in the Scout Oath), or alcoholic beverage consumption
during Scouting activities and camps in European programs, or
issues of youth versus adult leadership in short term camping events.
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