Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Zedability wrote:Part of me thinks you are all wimps. Another part of me recognizes that having the right experience and winter gear makes a huge difference in dealing with this, so it's probably more difficult for you guys.

But really. This happens pretty much every winter where I live for a few weeks. And I know someone from Saskatchewan who says it's regularly even COLDER than that for weeks on end where she's from.

My missionary's in the middle of the cold snap right now, and he said something to the effect of, "I guess it's one of those Canadian winters you always hear about but never actually believe." It made me laugh.

Giovanni Schwartz wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/23/world/asi ... index.html

good thing no one cares about Provo, so you are all safe.

thatonemom wrote:I'm trying to find a link, but back when the Scouts originally were sued over their ban of gay members, the Church said it wouldn't be a part of the BSA anymore (if gay scouts/leaders were allowed). To the googles...

In 2000, when a challenge to the exclusionary policy was argued, unsuccessfully, before the Supreme Court, lawyers for the Mormons said that if the Boy Scouts were forced to accept openly gay members, the church would leave. (source)

In a brief filed in the landmark case of Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, a lawyer for the LDS Church warned that the church would leave the scouts if gays were allowed to be scout leaders.
"If the appointment of scout leaders cannot be limited to those who live and affirm the sexual standards of BSA and its religious sponsors, the Scouting Movement as now constituted will cease to exist, “ wrote Von G. Keetch on behalf of the LDS Church and several other religious organizations in 2000 (PDF). “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- the largest single sponsor of Scouting units in the United States -- would withdraw from Scouting if it were compelled to accept openly homosexual Scout leaders.” (source)

Laser Jock wrote:Also, as I understand it, the BSA is considering the possibility of allowing troops to decide for themselves. (The article thatonemom linked to doesn't seem to be available anymore, but this is what I heard on NPR, I think.) Thus, the Church would still be able to sponsor troops without contradicting their earlier statement at all ("If the appointment of scout leaders cannot be limited to those who live and affirm the sexual standards of BSA and its religious sponsors, the Scouting Movement as now constituted will cease to exist"), since they'd still be able to limit them if they so chose. Or so I understand it.