I was always proud to say that I AM an Eagle Scout. It is with a saddened heart that I will now have to admit that I WAS an Eagle Scout.
If you had asked me on the day on my Eagle Scout award, “Will homosexuals be able to invade and destroy BSA in the next few decades?” I would have looked at you like you were from outer space. (At the time, I was not sure what a homosexual really was.)
In retrospect, Scouting years were the best of my young adult life. I am so sorry that so many young men will not have a similar experience.
It is truly a sad day for America.
Scout: 1964-1971
Eagle Scout:1969 Bronze Palm (Award signed by Richard Nixon)
Adult Scouter: 1996-2008
Son, Eagle Scout: 2007 Gold Palm
Well said. Well said indeed.
The Scouts of your day prepared you well for manhood.
The contrast with Scouts of today seems stark and unfavorable towards them.
Wow. I’m sorry it’s come to that. I was a Scout around the same time as you. I was not an Eagle, but you guys were my heroes.
I made Life during roughly the same time period.
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I hate that for you.
Eagle Scout with bronze palm 1971
Order of the Arrow - Brotherhood
Three Philmont Expeditions
Two National Jamborees
Just pains me to see what the BSA has become
Why in the living hell would you do that? That represents your hard work and leadership abilities. Got nothing to do with how Rex Tillerson & Robert Gate helped ruin the scouts.
My son made eagle in 2013 before they went full blown woke. Most proud day of his life. You gave up the symbol representing your achievement? WTH?