“Character” was never a qualification for Scouting.
There was and is no pretest.
Character formation and education was and is one of the goals of Scouting for its members.
Now, a kid (especially older) who will not live by the GS Law- can be denied troop membership by a Troop leader whio can document and jusify - and let Council find her another placement situation
Joining Scouts requiresonly the desire and eligibility to join (by age, and at least formerly, by gender)
And when someone’s post uses an example of a friend’s grudge from a “normal” girl being turned away from a GS troop “many years ago” then what is the implication?
Yes I get defensive.
As a GS placement coordinator, I hear all the excuses and whining in the world about why someone else should be a Troop leader and take their child into their GS troop because the requesting(or demanding or whining) parent is just too busy
I wouldn’t be a GS if my mother didn’t start a troop (widowed single parent of 3 kids under 8, working shifts as a nurse, and going to night school for a master’s degree)
and my daughter wouldn’t be a GS if I didn’t start a troop
So yep, THAT is character. Complaining for “many years” that a wonderful normal kid was turned away from a GS troop (whatever that implies) ... is not...imho
My friend had no grudge whatsoever. I don’t know what your problem is but I’m not interested in any further contact with you.