{"id":14168,"date":"2013-05-24T18:39:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T22:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=14168"},"modified":"2013-05-24T18:39:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T22:39:47","slug":"so-how-do-i-get-a-badge-for-political-correctness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2013\/05\/so-how-do-i-get-a-badge-for-political-correctness\/","title":{"rendered":"So how do I get a badge for political correctness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is quite easy to complain about something, quite another to respond in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p>So props to Taylor Marshall <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taylormarshall.com\/2013\/05\/why-im-starting-new-boy-scouts-my.html\">Why I\u2019m Starting a New Boy Scouts: My Catholic Scouting Manifesto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is sad that the Boy Scouts of America caved to political correctness.<\/p>\n<p>Still I find it odd my own reaction since I quit the scouts as a kid. Even in grade school I was a fervent atheist. The boy scout oath started to annoy me with the \u201cTo do my duty to God\u201d part. I had enjoyed the outdoor scouting aspects and was almost willing to subsume my atheism to take part. Thankfully what I said when I resigned has gone down the memory hold, although I do remember having worn my Boy Scout nekerchief that was threaded together with a peace sign at that last meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Now I am mad at the scouts for a totally different reason. Funny how things change.<\/p>\n<p>So how long until \u201cBeing prepared\u201d for the Scouts means carrying a condom?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is quite easy to complain about something, quite another to respond in a positive way. So props to Taylor Marshall Why I\u2019m Starting a New Boy Scouts: My Catholic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-punditry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14169,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14168\/revisions\/14169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}