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Just because they register every Scouting age member of the church, regardless of church or Scout attendance, in their Scout units, doesn't mean they have a viable Scouting program.
Far from it in fact.
The issues with LDS Scouting are too well known within Scouting's circles for this to be viewed as a "positive". Many in the know will see this for what it is, political pandering using misleading statistics to claim that which is not entirely true.
Flame suit is on for all those who will view this as an anti-Mormon comment.
More like a lame-suit, than a flame suit. Listen you’re well known for being anti-Mormon, which places everything you say in perspective. You’re lens is fault-finding, so you find fault.
My understanding is that the LDS don’t run Scouting exactly like it is run by other churches mainly due to the fact that they have their Scouting positions as “callings”. That means that their leadership are amateurs who function over a short time window. Most non-LDS troops that I know of have Scout Masters who’ve been doing it for decades.
Actually, your comment just reminded me of a great LDS program calle Eleven Year Old Scouts. It is like a crash course in Scouting that gets kids to First Class Scout in a focused period. They do that because their Scouting program is associated with their Priesthood which is given to young men when they turn 12.