Scouting for Sales (The Boy Scouts)
Scouting for Sales
A Boy Scout troop miffed at the ACLU's occasional battles with the Scouts, thought it would be "real cool," as one said, to set up a table for its annual popcorn sales outside the ACLU's Virginia headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.
Sales were still pretty slow until a nationally syndicated conservative talk show host called attention to what they were doing. Suddenly, the Scouts were selling popcorn hand over fist. Last year, they sold 300 dollars worth. After Glen Beck mentioned them on his radio show, they sold $4,200 worth at their stand and chalked up an astounding $23,000 in sales online.
The ACLU has sued to block public funding for the Boy Scouts (search) because of their religious requirements and exclusion of homosexuals. The Scoutmaster says the troop wasn't trying to "get in the face of the ACLU. He said they just "took advantage of an opportunity to get a lot of customers."
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Screw the ACLU!
