From: Ellen K. 

They've actually never been on my list, I prefer to target my giving.

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:04:34 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
:

>Probably , but they aren't my favorite agency since they made
it official
>policy to no longer give to Boy Scouts as they had done for decades, because
>Boy Scouts won't admit people who are openly homosexual and won't let known
>homosexuals be scout masters.
>
>I no longer give money to United Way as a result and recommend to anyone who
>asks my opinion that they not do so either.
>
>Gary
>
>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>news:np83m19414hjodrdukogt2kerc89ejsk53{at}4ax.com...
>> 
>>
>> I bet that's the first time "United Way" and
"manifesto" have ever
>> appeared in the same sentence.    
>>
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:46:52 -0400, "Gary Britt"

>> wrote in message :
>>
>> >Note the United Stated Code should not be confused with the
United States
>> >Code.  The United Stated Code is the manifesto for the United
Way.  
>> >
>> >Gary
>> >
>> >"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> >news:4361186e{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> Yes, they are usually laws that target a specific person
or company or
>> >> limited group.  They aren't published as part of the
"Public Laws" of
>the
>> >> USA and aren't included in the United Stated Code as a
result.  I'm not
>> >sure
>> >> if some are completely secret or not.  I would certainly think its
>> >possible
>> >> that some could be fairly well guarded secrets.
>> >>
>> >> Gary
>> >>
>> >> "Robert G Lewis" 
wrote in message
>> >> news:436116c6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> > Aren't 'private laws' essentially laws supposed to
help an individual
>or
>> >> > small group ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Are some private laws also kept secret ?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>> >> > news:436112a9{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> > >I don't know, and I'm not absolutely positive
that there is no rule
>> >that
>> >> > > pardons have to be made public.  I don't recall
ever seeing
>anything
>> >> that
>> >> > > indicates they do have to be public, and I know
congress can pass
>> >> "private
>> >> > > laws" that aren't public.  They do it all
the time.  So why
>couldn't a
>> >> > > pardon be private?  Of course as soon as the
pardoned offender had
>a
>> >> need
>> >> > > to
>> >> > > prove the pardon by showing it to somebody the
news would get out,
>so
>> >> may
>> >> > > not be too practical.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Gary
>> >> > >
>> >> > > "Ellen K."
 wrote in message
>> >> > > news:2ni0m1583q5cdmhro5fhfem3ihqb3gov9r{at}4ax.com...
>> >> > >> REALLY?
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Are there any recorded cases of pardons
that were not made public
>> >when
>> >> > >> granted but came to light later?
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:36:10 -0400,
"Gary Britt"
>> >
>> >> > >> wrote in message :
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> >There is no
>> >> > >> >rule that pardons have to be made public.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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