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a Sig Op said:I spent many of my more formative years attending beavers, cubs, then scouts, in the basements of a number of churches... I don't think it ever had any positive or negative effects on my current religious leanings...
Fair enough. It still is a big possibility. We've commented often enough on here about profs at colleges and universities pushing their beliefs (not necessarily religion) onto students. It's not outside the realm of possibility.
For what it's worth, those current religious leanings are "respectfully militant atheist", and as an avowed atheist, I think you're all blowing this a bit out of proportion...
I'm not all that against the idea honestly. I think aboriginal corps are a great idea, but they strike me as less religious.
I think having a Sikh cadet corps out of a Sikh temple might be pushing boundaries.
This may be too much of a side bar but I think it's a slippery slope. How well do you think a Jewish corps out of a synagogue would jive in the same city with a Muslim corps out of a mosque? Can you imagine the constant shit storm that would cause?
I'm sure the kids wouldn't care all that much but I wouldn't trust the parents or especially the supporters/organizers to be mature about it.
I still think there is a huge difference between highland units and something based from religion, even if it's a nice friendly one. The question truly is would they be able to pull this off while remaining religiously neutral.
Right here they are singling out the Sikh cadets and making the corps about them and not about the cadets in general.“We don’t know any history about this guy so why put a name that doesn’t resonate or anything that has to do with the Sikh cadets at all,” he said. “It doesn’t make sense to me.”
If what PrairieThunder said about them getting upset over a non-Sikh CO is accurate then that's another issue all together and indicative, in my opinion, of an unhealthy mindset.