Posted on 02/03/2017 5:35:21 AM PST by Kaslin
Editor's Note: This piece was coauthored by Tim Graham.
The Boy Scouts of America, or BSA, used to be derided as a "traditional, values-based" organization, whose oath spoke of a "duty to God" and whose law insisted the Scouts be "reverent." Now the BSA worships something else: corporate donations. It should have been expected after it folded on homosexual Scouts and then on homosexual scoutmasters.
Within a month of being pressured by the case of 8-year-old Joe Maldonado, who was born a girl named Jodi Maldonado, the BSA folded on God and how he "made them male and female." In today's culture, the secular left lets man overrule God. This cowardly shell of an organization should just scrap the references to God, and every God-respecting church should jettison their Boy Scout units to the nearest secular gathering place.
The statement acknowledged that for many years, the organization employed common sense. It said: "For more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America, along with schools, youth sports and other youth organizations, have ultimately deferred to the information on an individual's birth certificate to determine eligibility for our single-gender programs."
But it's a new day, and biological reality is no longer relevant. What Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI called the "dictatorship of relativism" has overruled tradition. The organization continued, saying: "However, that approach is no longer sufficient as communities and state laws are interpreting gender identity differently, and these laws vary widely from state to state. Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application."
This was a joyous occasion for otherwise-depressed libertine leftists at the dawn of President Trump's administration. Singer Miley Cyrus found her happy place with this news. In a post on her Instagram, she said: "Let there be LIGHT!!!! There is so much devastating information filling our brain lately. ... We ARE moving forward! We'll never stop standing up for what is right! Change is here! We just have to create it!" Another former Disney Channel star, Joe Jonas, seconded that emotion, saying: "I was a Boy Scout growing up. Hearing the news today makes me proud."
Homosexual celebrity lobbyists were delighted. "Welcoming Transgender Boy Scouts -- I'd say the Boy Scouts have come a long way baby," tweeted Martina Navratilova. "I call this progress," added Ellen DeGeneres.
Then came the lightning bolts from the newspapers. The Washington Post editorial board welcomed this reform and hopes the reaction to it will show maturity and not dissent. It said: "The Scouts' relatively quick and decisive move on the transgender issue came more easily and quickly than previous reforms. The Boy Scouts appear to have decided to rely on the goodwill of their participants to accept the decision with the maturity the organization preaches to Scouts."
The New York Times editorial board, which has applied Jim Crow segregationist logic toward anyone who would deny the widest berth to gender fluidity, doubled down on being science deniers, saying: "The Boy Scouts are recognizing transgender boys for what they genuinely are: boys. This extends the organization's values and programs to a wider pool. It also may help a new generation of Americans think more rationally and compassionately about gender identity."
Perhaps the next "reform" might be an 11-year-old Boy Scout declaring that he identifies as an Eagle Scout, negating the need for any stinking merit badges or review boards. Since relativism is king, who needs to earn or learn anything these days? Apparently the mission of all community organizations must be centered on "inclusion" and "welcoming," and everything else trails far behind.
you are seriously deluded and have no clue about BSA
your grand sons will not benefit from the best youth organization there is. It will be to their detriment.
I don’t get offended easily, but your words were highly offensive.
Calling all non BSA organizations a flimsy excuse is the height of ignorance. Perhaps you should do some research.
In my case, I was a Scoutmaster and founder of a troop.
In 2013, we began to explore Trail Life USA and I was in the audience at their kickoff convention. I walked out and remarked to a friend that I hoped BSA would reverse their decision and adopt the Trail Life USA program.
It’s frankly, a better and more masculine program. The mission of TLUSA is to “guide generations of young men to honor God, serve others, lead with integrity and experience outdoor adventure.”
Rank is earned more slowly and deliberatively. It’s not a check off the boxes plan.
Their pinnacle award is significantly more difficult to earn than Eagle.
Many of us are former BSA, but not all. We believe in honoring the legacy and raising the standard, which we have done.
Sadly, BSA is just a shadow of it’s former self. I wish it wasn’t the case and they had held to their moral anchor. However, Trail Life USA is a strong, not flimsy alternative.
After you do some actual research, Ill gladly accept you apology and if you have boys, I’d like to help you get a troop started.
In my view, Trail Life is a church approved indoctrination BSA wanna be. Trail life will never have the organizational resources and depth of BSA.
It’s ok to be associated as long as you realize you are settling for second best
Sad that you’re so indoctrinated into the PC world of BSA.
There are many, many good and decent mean leading Boy Scouts, but BSA was a great organization that sold out for money and their senior leaders nothing but a bunch of Step’n Fetchit’s to their financial masters.
When Trail Life wants to make a policy change, do you know how they do it? It requires a vote of each troop, not a vote of a secret hand picked board where the members aren’t known to the membership and are chosen based on how they will vote.
Sorry, I prefer character and an organization where the ideals of the scout law actually means more than just rote memorization of 12 words.
I’m an Eagle Scout (2000) and have been been a Scouter all except while I was in college, and work with our Catholic Committee in Scouting.
I trust my local Council leadership completely. They are good men and women and I count several among my friends.
The problem is BSA National. A mentally ill child and liberal deranged mother in New Jersey can force a change in national policy that will run roughshod over our program elsewhere. All the good folks in our Council are stuck.
Depending on how this plays out, I think quite a few charter orgs will drop units. National’s insistence to ram through liberal politics is leading it to be unworthy to be called “the best youth organization there is”.
Its not me who is deluded. You seem to have overdosed on their kool aid.
Ex-Mayor of San Diego, Roger Hedgecock had a radio show. He kept trying to get the “we need gay leaders in the Boy Scouts” groups to start their own version, “The Rump Rangers”... it was hilarious, they let him continue to say that on the radio, but that was the 90’s... things have changed.
But, I am a Scout and you are not . You are not getting the full benefit of a good life
Not one dime. The name will not pass my lips hence.
Why?
Surely in the BOY Scouts one should be able to find some BALLS!
Why?
Because they don’t make the rules any more than I do. The problem is at the national level.
All the snide remarks you can muster won’t fix that.
The only real options we have are to live with it, praying that parents of ‘transgender’ girls stay away; or to leave and join one of the non-BSA options in the wider Scouting movement.
I'm glad that LUTHER didn't left this stop HIM!
Only TWO?
No room for a TRUMP to emerge from nowhere?
If the BS is this powerful; where is the little boy that will shout...
Yes, leaving and setting up a parallel organization is an option. This has been done already in Trail Life USA, the Scouts of St. George, and a few others, and some Scouts and Scouters have opted to move in this direction.
There are plenty of people both within and from outside the BSA shouting "the emperor has no clothes" and yet it isn't going to change anything.
And your snide remarks still don't help.
You know this how?
Likewise...
There are plenty of people both within and from outside the RCC shouting "the pope is not conservative enough!" and yet they must think they're going to change something.
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