I’m not blaming the Scouts, but when you depend on either corporate or government money for your mission - you will find there are always strings attached.
For stuff that would have gotten them arrested 40 years ago. Who says nostalgia for the old days is always tainted?
Exactly...live by the corporate dollar, die by the corporate dollar. I no longer shed any tears for the BSA. They made their bed, they can sleep in it.
When the BSA got in bed with organizations and companies promoting and pushing the diversity and inclusion nonsense, what, exactly did they think (did they think?) was going to happen?
Not only that, but the BSA has been complicit in perpetrating the diversity and inclusion nonsense through their Wood Badge training program...it is a mandatory component in order to fully “graduate” and get one’s beads.
In reality though, in my waning months with the BSA, I have come to see that the organization is a shell of its former self. There are no leaders at the National, Regional or Council level. Just a bunch of lying sycophants intent on maximizing their pay.
My resignation from the BSA is effective 1 Aug, 2014. Only because I’m part of Philmont crew and we were committed before the decision was made.