[DBrow]

For the first time ever, Scouts in uniform were not seen at a US-based Olympic competition. There are many stories, one of which is that this was to be a Gay-Friendly Olympics and Scouts did not allow gays. Another story was that there was some Union issue about seeing non-Union people working.

Anyway, scout troops were told that they could have their members volunteer as individuals out of uniform, but uniformed Scouts were not allowed to be seen volunteering.

The local SLC scouts offered one of their camps as Olympic housing and were told, NO, not at all.

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2000/12/15/214301.shtml

http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-30/news/29946079_1_mitt-romney-official-volunteers-family-dog

As with most things Romney, it’s difficult to see what really happened and who made the decisions. The 18 year old “limit” is odd since under-18 scouts had volunteered in every other US Olympics, perhaps setting the age limit there was specifically set to eliminate most scouts.

From whyromney.com:

“Boy Scouts of America and 2002 Olympic Games

-Critics claim that Romney banned the Boy Scouts from participating in the 2002 Winter Olympics because of their stance on homosexuals. In reality, Scouts were not banned, and according to a local paper, Boy Scouts received “a list of volunteer opportunities they are eligible to participate in,” although they could not serve as regular volunteers due to “the minimum age requirement of 18 years.”

The list of volunteer opportunities did not include wearing Scout uniforms, though.

This article:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/799406/SLOC-denies-snubbing-Scouts-over-gay-stance.html

explains a little more. Scouts can volunteer, all right, but in behind-the-scenes roles or offsite roles like tree-planting (where the public will not see a Scout in uniform, my comment).

http://evangelicalsformitt.org/2006/12/sekulow-addresses-false-boy-scout-allegation/

There is lots of material out there, I searched on “2002 olympics boy scouts”.

My take is, SOMEONE decided that Scouts in uniform would not be seen by the public or on TV, and set an age limit and other restrictions to make sure that happened. Since Scouts have worked almost every other Olympics in the US that I can think of, the exclusion from 2002 is remarkable.

[svcw]

Thanks

[greyfoxx39]

My take is, SOMEONE decided that Scouts in uniform would not be seen by the public or on TV, and set an age limit and other restrictions to make sure that happened. Since Scouts have worked almost every other Olympics in the US that I can think of, the exclusion from 2002 is remarkable.

Just throwing this out there...could it have had something to do with the fact that the LDS scout troops must all be "worthy" of mormon priesthood and this inclusion would bring in all the non-mormon scouts? So, they simply excluded ALL scouts in uniform? It WAS Utah, of course.

[Rome2000]

MYTH ROMNEY is a degenerate con man and coward from a family of degenerate con men,cowards, and snake oil salesmen who have en masse refused to serve in this nations military for over 150 years

They fled to Mexico to practice Polygamy and his father has THREE GRANDMOTHERS

He and his 5 sons who won't be serving in the US military any time soon are best off continuing to rape weak corporations and working on becoming Gods

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."

Even a stopped clock like Honest Ape is right twice a day.

[Elsie]

My take is, SOMEONE decided that Scouts in uniform would not be seen by the public or on TV, and set an age limit and other restrictions to make sure that happened.

Not much gets past US!