No, I’m tired of the gross ignorance on Free Republic concerning BSA. The fact the rules were changed has no bearing on queers as leaders or Scouts. There are thousand of good leaders who have taken the Youth Protection training and are very much aware of the spectre of queer leaders.
Church choirs have more molesters than BSA.
Liberals are trying to turn the scouts into the Hitler Youth. Another organization where libs can get their mitts on large numbers of kids at one time to indoctrinate them.
That’s the only reason they are doing this.
Ah, we all of us here on FR are ignorant?!
I sort of agree. I was taking my daughter to Philmont with her explorer crew about 4 years ago just after all the controversy started. We had an experience that she will remember with her dad for a lifetime. The new "rules" never really came up. We followed the guidelines of youth protection and all the adults knew each other so no problem. I think that like good families, scouts are best run locally and the locals can manage the situations and keep scouting positive.
It is both shameful and embarrassing that at a national level it has become political and that members Christian values have been challenged, but locally it can still be inspirational to youth, whether boys or girls.
My daughter was a very outdoors type, not a tom boy but no girly girl either. She could outshoot anyone in camp in rifle, shotgun, and archery, and pack a pack and do an overnight hike as good as any boy. I taught her that way and she loves it. I am glad that BSA provided at least some opportunity for her as the Girl Scout programs have been garbage for decades.