(February 26, 2008)—Gov. Rick Perry’s first book has debuted at No. 1 on the Washington Post’s hardcover nonfiction Washington-area bestseller list.
“On My Honor” “examines a thirty-year history of the left’s legal assaults on the Boy Scouts of America…and offers insights into one front of this war which pits proponents of traditional American values against the radical left,” according to a press release Monday.
“For close to a century, Scouting has planted the values of our founding fathers in the next generation of Boy Scouts, and the next generation of many U.S. leaders,” Perry wrote.
“I wrote the book for two main reasons: to espouse the virtues of a movement that has positively shaped the lives of millions of young men, and to expose the virus of secularism that endangers institutions that teach traditional values.”
Perry is the Eagle Scout and the father of an Eagle Scout.
Proceeds from sales of the book go to the Boy Scouts of America legal defense, according to the press release.
Not everyone is celebrating the book or the message, however.
The advocacy group Equality Texas says Perry misses the point of scouting.
“He fails to realize that the characteristics of being a Scout – trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent are all characteristics that can define a gay Scout member or a gay Scout leader,” said Paul Scott, executive director of Equality Texas.
“Discrimination against someone because of their sexual orientation is clearly not character building, and implying that being gay is a defect in character is inaccurate and offensive.
“Governor Perry’s perpetuation of stereotypes and falsehoods is the complete antithesis of good character,” he said.
Perry will attend book signings this week starting Tuesday in San Antonio.
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