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How many core principles has BSA dropped in the past five years?

No homosexual boys-Gone
No homosexual leaders-Gone
No transvestites-Gone
No girls-Gone
Boy Scouts of America-Gone

Do you honestly believe they will remain (and allow your troop to remain) segregated?

The first whiff of Susie cub scout and her mom saying they want to be with the boys, that “core” principle is gone.

I rose through the leader ranks from Den Leader to Scoutmaster. I founded a troop. One son made Eagle, the other Life when we left to move to Trail Life. That son earned their Pinnacle Award, the Freedom Award which is harder to earn.

My best advice is to find a Trail Life USA troop near you and make the move.

From my experience, it’s a far better program. It uses the best of the legacy we came from and improved it. We let boys be boys.

There isn't a Trail Life near me, I've looked. Bottom Line, my kid wanted to stay with the group he came up with, and like I said, I don't fault him for that. Pulling him out would be viewed as a punishment.

So - the cub scout troop is (probably) finished. The handful of us that were holding it together are gone, or soon will be. Too bad, really. I'd like to think that I helped some of the kids, particularly those that needed to have a good male role model in their lives. They're easy to find - they're the ones who will talk your ears off at every opportunity, about anything and everything. Fine by me, I can discuss the finer points of fishing, or basketball, or whether Batman could beat Superman. They just want a man to talk with...

Local Boy Scout troop is actually doing fairly well - the local closures have helped us, along with the fact that the leadership is even more conservative than I am. Transvestites and Gays? Yeah...no. People are putting their kids in it, because it provides something that the boys almost certainly aren't getting in school, and in some cases, not at home either.

I'm not under any illusions that it will be left alone - liberals infect everything, and destroy all they touch. However, I'll be satisfied if we can stay at arm's length just a bit longer, and I think that will happen. Once my kid is done with it, well, it would be nice to leave a legacy for other kids going forward, but I doubt that will be allowed. I'll be satisfied with winning the battles that need to be won.