April 14, 2010
Thousands of Boy Scouts across California will be gathering this weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of scouting in the Golden State – but they won’t have the blessing of Democrats in the California Legislature.
Assembly Democrats killed a proposed resolution honoring the Boy Scouts of America. The measure died in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote. Three Republican voted to support the Boy Scouts — seven Democrats voted against the measure.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Committee chairman Mike Feuer led the opposition – “citing the Scouts’ history of not allowing gays to serve in their leadership.”
Republican Assemblyman Curt Hagman is a former Eagle Scout. He called the Democrats’ action “kind of crazy.”
“With all the resolutions we do here, they’re not all perfect,” Hagman told the Times. “If you don’t support it, just [don’t vote for] it, but to oppose the Boy Scouts on their birthday seems silly.”
"He will have to explain to the American people why his vision for bigger government, more spending, and higher taxes will work over the next four years when it hasn't worked in the past three and a half years.” – Sen. Rob Portman on President Obama
On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the...
nytimes: Liberals Urge Cuomo to Champion Higher Minimum Wage http://t.co/J5lEDmyE
nytimes: From a Facebook Founder, a Social Network for the Office http://t.co/KyeLNJS0
memeorandum: Factories begin to shift back to US (Hal Weitzman / Financial Times) http://t.co/8mpd5QQs http://t.co/zpvhmPy9
nprpolitics: Secret Donors Still Find Ways To Remain Anonymous http://t.co/eIJd6TRK
trscoop: *** Israeli settlers fire rubber bullets in clash with stone-throwing Palestinians http://t.co/TPv8EBi0