Catblogging...

picture by eldest daughter Brittainy
(age: (nearly) 17)

In the mail today I received a survey from the NAACP and that kicked off a rollicking good family discussion about segregated groups. You know.. the arguments about why it's ok for some groups to exclude based of race, religion or gender but not others. (e.g. Why it's ok to have a Miss Black USA pagent but not a Miss White USA pagent)

The consensus was that it's not ok and that groups doing this have every right to do so but that they are not doing their group/cause any service by being excusive.

This led us on to issue of the boy scouts and their attempts to exclude gays from joining. This is where the idea of Gay Scouts was postulated. While being excussive starting a group like this would not be right, I could envision some very creative field trips and outtings. (sorry for the pun)

A quick seach of the web found that there are groups discussing this very idea... with a very nice logo I might add.