by Bob Walsh
Ames Mayfield was a Cub Scout in the greater Denver, CO.area. His pack was taken to a talk by State Senator Vicki Marble. They were told to prepare questions about issues that were important to them to put to the senator.
Ames was kicked out of the pack because he asked about gun control. The scouts deemed it to be inappropriate, disrespectful and political. (I thought the idea was to be political.)
The Boy Scouts of America have declined comment but have said young Ames will remain in the program with a different group. The spokeshole for the organization also asserted that the Scouts are a "wholly non-partisan organization and does not promote any one political position..." I guess that whoever said that got their BULLSHITTER merit badge.
EDITOR'S NOTE: I am an Eagle Scout and back then I believe the Scouts had a shooting merit badge.
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