A few points to keep in perspective ...
1. The BSA policy goes into effect 7 months from now. Something can happen between now and then.
2. There is an outside chance the Roman Catholic Church may still balk at this change. Especially when they realize that the homosexualists are going to the wall for inclusion of homosexual adult leaders.
3. How will the SCOTUS rulings break next month on Prop 8 and DoMA?
4. The BSA National Executive Committee, ~23 members, are totally in the bag for diversity/homosexual equality. Most of these guys are big suits at Fortune 500 Companies which are in the bag of the Human Rights Campaign for homosexual equality, e.g., Randall Stephenson CEO of AT&T, James Turley CEO of Ernst & Young, Rex Tillerson CEO of Exxon-Mobil. The current BSA National President, Wayne Perry, sold his company to AT&T and is a lifelong member of the LDS Church. It is extremely unlikely that a coup can be mounted against the National Executive Committee.
5. Arguing with your local BSA professionals is pointless. They will toe the company line because that is where their paycheck, health care and retirement benefits are.
6. Keep an eye on John Stemberger and OnMyHonor.Net. They may well come up with a strategy this summer.
7. Get your Eagle Scout prospects through before 1/01/2014.
8. Inform yourself of other conservative youth group options: (1) Royal Rangers, (2) Christian Service Brigade, (3) Royal Rangers, (4) Marine Corps League, (5) Calvinist Cadet Corps, and (6) Young Minutemen of America. The Baden-Powell Scout Association is not an option. They do not discriminate against sexual orientation.
9. Hit the local councils where it hurts - in the pocket book. (1) Discontinue contributing to FoS (Friends of Scouting), (2) discontinue selling/buying Trails End Popcorn - local councils get ~ 30% commission on every sale, (3) if possible, discontinue contributing to the United Way - local councils depend on the UW's annual contributions. Yes, you will hurt some good not-for-profit groups out there that receive UW funding, but the UW today is virtually totally occupied with diversity.
10. If you have the option, you might choose not to buy products/services from companies that support homosexual equality.
http://issuu.com/humanrightscampaign/docs/hrc-cei-2011-final
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1. The BSA policy goes into effect 7 months from now. Something can happen between now and then.
In practice, the new policy is in de facto effect NOW. There will be no dismissals of openly "geh" scouts as an understood moratorium on the old policy will be in effect, just as it was in the military before the DADT repeal was "effective."
Otherwise, we'd see activist homosexual boys being expelled from scouting now, only to be reinstated in 7 months. This would never withstand ANY legal scrutiny (from what passes for "legal" thought nowadays.)