[mugs99]

What did the Scout's ever do to him? Tell him he couldn't join because he was too fat?

Uh, Penn was a Scout. He is crticizing the change the BSA has undergone since the Mormon takeover.
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[JCEccles]

The Mormons haven't "taken over" the BSA. They have made it clear that they will pull their youth from the BSA if it succumbs to the gay agenda.

Is that wrong? Does that bother you? Should they not be allowed to do that?

I thought libertarians supported the right of association and dissociation.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Explain this "Mormon takeover." What was taken over? How? How is the BSA different now that the Mormons have "taken over"? How is it worse?

[RonF]

The Mormons sponsor units that comprise about 13% of the BSA's membership, as do the United Methodists. The Roman Catholic Church is about a percentage point behind them. Neither the Mormons nor the RCC are eager to see openly homosexual leaders, and I doubt the Methodists are either. The Mormons (who have been active in sponsoring Scout units since 1916) and the RCC would very possibly take a walk out of the BSA if it changed its policies in this matter.

[TChris]

Uh, Penn was a Scout. He is crticizing the change the BSA has undergone since the Mormon takeover.

What Mormon takeover!? I call flagrant BS. It's a totally unfounded, and unproven, assertion, by you and P & T.

[Myrddin]

Uh, Penn was a Scout. He is crticizing the change the BSA has undergone since the Mormon takeover.

I became an Eagle Scout in April 1972. My troop was sponsored by PTA at an elementary school. The only difference I could see between my troop and the ones sponsored by LDS wards is a higher percentage of Eagle Scouts from the LDS wards. A smaller troop allows the leaders more time for guidance. The downside is that the smaller troop misses out on leadership skills and a breadth of age/skill that comes with a larger organization.

My dad was an Eagle Scout. My nephew in San Diego just passed his board of review last month.