>Personally, I feel that topic to be really inappropriate for this discussion
>list.  It is not a museum's place to take a stand for or against ANY group
>of potential visitors.

Museums--especially those publically supported--should always take a stand
against bigotry. Not all positions are equal--biogtry is wrong, and must be
opposed. Museums can and should stand against the oppression of its
constituents.

Just as it would be wrong to take a stand that "Gay
>persons will not be permitted in our museum", it would be equally wrong to
>state "Boy Scout groups shall be denied the use of this museum because of
>their position on xxxxx".

No, it is not wrong to deny this group--Boy Scouts--the use of publically
supported museums. If they refuse to allow the full and diverse public
membership in the organization, they forfeit that right.



>Rich White
>International Wildlife Museum
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