"Thomas Jefferson", I would like to ask you (as a fellow forum member and not in my role as a "moderator") to please not write "in character" as the historical Thomas Jefferson. I think others have commented before on your use of the name, which I don't really have strong feelings about, because many of us here (including me) write under "assumed names" and you aren't deceiving anybody because we know you aren't the man who died in 1826. So your account-name is fine with me. But, as I said, you're NOT the "real" Thomas Jefferson, and for you to write as if you were is kind of annoying, and to some degree disrespectful, and distracts from what you are actually saying. I am sure there are re-enactor or role-playing-game sites where this sort of thing is common, but this isn't one of those. So, please, I think we'd all be better off if you just be yourself.

Krampus said:

"I even asked an ASM to remove his "I Voted" sticker at a meeting last fall. Rather than invite argument or debate I thought it best remove it. He did...without question."

I would say that's going a little too far. Obviously if it said "I voted for Smith" (or whoever), that should not be on the uniform. But if it's just "I Voted", and it's one of those temporary stickers that you wear once and throw away, and it's Election Day, I think it's a good example for the Scouts participating in one of the rights and obligations of citizenship. And that's one of the things we are supposed to be "teaching", in a non-partisan and non-political manner.