The whole article at the link is a propaganda piece.
Unless it has changed, the woman couldn’t have been Scoutmaster of the her son’s “troop” for two reasons. First, Scoutmasters for Scout Troops is reserved for men and secondly, her son is Cub Scout age and he would have been in a Cub Scout “Pack.”
The quote from Mitt is 16 years old and appears to support Scouts in the controversy at that time but ends with wanting all parents to be able to participate — which they can. Scouting keeps acknowledged homosexuals, as well as certain others, outside of Leadership, it doesn’t say they can’t be parents participating under the supervision of Leaders. Scouting has long required “two deep” leadership structure keeping youth supervised by two or more adults to prevent isolation of kids by one adult. This is safer for adults as well.
I think that these people that get in fights with scouting love to drag in any crap from the political and national front to support their line — even an ambiguous 16 year old, out of context, quote.
I have a lot of problems with Mitt Romney, but this is a red herring.
In my experience, on Scout trips, I can't even let my son's friend sleep in our tent. A lot of safety procedures are in place to protect the kids and the adults. I am 100% good with that.