[Morgana]

Duck Dynasty should start their own scouting program.

[matt1234]

I wonder if beatings will increase within the Scouts.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I wonder if they’ll start doing parades in little pink Speedos.

[Jane Long]

We used to belong to BSA and continued to support them, through out the years.

Not. Any. More.

Agree completely with a DD Scouting Program.

[Steelfish]

First infiltrate public schools, colleges, and universities, then the professions- law and medicine, control the judiciary; and then go after private institutions (Boys and Girl Scouts), and finally takeover the “Protestant” churches (Evangelicals, Anglicans, Protestants etc). Game over.

[twister881]

At one time, I considered remembering the BSA in my will; never thought they would give up their “morally straight” oath. Lesson learned: Satan can and will destroy any earthly institution.

[savagesusie]

That is really a great idea.

[octex]

fta... ‘It’s business as usual, nothing happens and we move forward.’
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These guys need to start a new organization called the Gay Scouts of America and the REAL BSA should just expell them and continue the traditional scouting.

When I was in the scouts in the 1950s, there were no openly gay guys. If there had been, they might have suffered a nasty fall over a cliffside while on our 5 and 10 mile hikes in rugged country.

[IbJensen]

Time to abandon the BSA and form a new scouting association: perhaps call it Indian Guides.

[SamAdams76]

I have pleasant memories of the BSA from when I was growing up in the 1970s. Camping trips (even in winter!), sleeping under the stars, archery and rifle ranges, orienteering, long hikes in the woods. They even gave you merit badges for things like fishing, hunting and wilderness survival. You could even earn merit badges for such arcane things as Indian Lore and Whitewater Rafting.

Learning how to fellate your fellow Scouts or Scout leader was just not on the menu of offerings back then. Sorry to be so graphic about it but that's exactly the kind of thing this supposedly "progressive" policy will lead to.

Back when I was in Scouts, nobody had a need to identify themselves sexually. We were too busy being Scouts and having fun to be concerned about who was and wasn't homosexual. Why should it be different today?

My two boys were in Cub Scouts but never went on to become full Boy Scouts because even back then, the handwriting was on the wall. Not just with respect to homosexuals but the entire program was becoming sissified. The last straw for me was when a parent (mom or dad) was required to attend any overnight camping trip with their son. If I have to chaperone my son on a camping trip, I'm going to take him on a camping trip myself and do it my way.

I must have gone on a dozen camping trips between when I was 8-15 years old and never once did I have mom or dad tagging along.

[Bluebird Singing]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Haddock

So, Mr. Bradley Haddock, a lawyer, was employed by the “evil” Koch bros. until 2009. He, himself, is an Eagle Scout. Why do I always end up thinking that some sort of “compromising information” transforms the opinions and actions of so many people in high-up positions?

[JoeFromSidney]

I've already resigned as a merit badge counselor.

[JoeFromSidney]

Here's a Christian alternative. http://www.traillifeusa.com/. I don't know how far along they are in getting organized. Might be a good time to get involved and help them get established.

[JoeFromSidney]

Back in 1999 I was a visiting professor in Turkey. During a school holiday I took a tour. One evening I was walking along a beach and saw what looked like a council fire laid out, ready to be lit. I waited a few minutes, and sure enough, some Scouts showed up. They were Muslims, though. I didn't know there were Muslim Scouts. Anyway, I'll bet they're not going to invite the queers to join up.