Cambridge vs. the Boy Scouts by Robert Maginnis

It’s no surprise that the war in Iraq is unpopular with residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts but it’s wrong for some of Cambridge’s finest to attack their Boy Scouts for reaching out to local national guardsmen deployed to combat.  This situation reveals Cambridge’s liberal attitude towards just about everything traditional and conservative.

The Boy Scouts received the approval of city officials to set-up donation boxes at polling stations during the city council elections.  The money was intended to buy care packages for guardsmen deployed to Iraq.  On election morning, a poll worker complained that the donation boxes represented an illegal “pro-war” message. The boxes were yanked. The city manager defended the decision stating “The law, on ‘political statements’ is very clear.”

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