"No child should have to be told in 2006 that they can't take part in a group because of their religion," Aileen Buchheim said.
In the meantime, Aileen Buchheim has filed paperwork to charter a local chapter of Spiral Scouts, a Wiccan-based scouting organization that accepts members of any background, belief or gender between the ages of 3 and 18."
OK...so lets turn the tables. Imagine if a bunch of Christian kids wanted to join the Spiral Scouts and then started evangelizing about how Wiccans are all going to hell. I suppose the Spiral Scouts won't have any problem with that?
Why did they join the BSA in the first place? Why not just join the SS and leave the BSA alone? I think this was a scam.
I see no evidence that the Wiccan kid was "evangelizing". He wasn't keeping it a secret, but there's nothing there about him wearing it on his sleeve, either. It only came out because the scout leader pulled it out (in the name of "diversity", no less).
I suppose the Spiral Scouts won't have any problem with that?
On the contrary, there's a big problem with that. Spiral Scouting is not the place for evangelizing, of any sort.
Why did they join the BSA in the first place? Why not just join the SS
Because there wasn't a Spiral Scouts circle in the area. The article states thet the boy's mom had to apply to FORM a circle.
There's no allegation here that the Wiccan boys had been trying to proselytize other troop members.