Posted on 06/17/2020 5:01:46 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced Monday it will implement a specific "diversity and inclusion merit badge" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement that will be required to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout going forward.
In a letter to scouting families, the organization said it will also require diversity and inclusion training for all BSA employees starting on July 1, and a review of property names, events, and insignia, will be conducted "to build on and enhance the organization’s nearly 30-year ban on [the] use of the Confederate flag."
"The Boy Scouts of America stands with Black families and the Black community because we believe that Black Lives Matter," the letter said. "This is not a political issue; it is a human rights issue and one we all have a duty to address."
The BSA used the term "murders" when discussing George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. Their deaths ignited recent protests against systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. The organization said all those not named were are equally important, adding it hears "the anguish, feel the heartbreak, and join the country’s resolve to do better."
"As our country reckons with racial injustice, we all must consider our role and our failures and commit to meaningful action," the BSA said. "There is no place for racism – not in Scouting and not in our communities. Racism will not be tolerated."
The organization said the new diversity and inclusion badge will build on components within existing merit badges that require Scouts to learn about and engage with other groups and cultures. To ensure diversity and inclusion are "engrained at every level" the BSA will also be reviewing "every element of our programs."
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Another coffin nail.
Muscling in on the gay pedophilia controllers
$#\%@##\!!!
The Soy Scouts.
Whats the matter, BSA? Aren’t your coffers empty enough?
For those who didn’t realize that Eagle no longer means what it used to, the social justice warriors are still beating that dead horse. All of my sons made Eagle, but that was back when Scouts were patriotic and morally straight.
They should change their name to The Young Pioneers of Amerika.
Life Scout here.
I am embarrassed.
Really.
Commie takeover continues
As if the real Boy Scouts even exist any more.
The Komsomol is back!
Absolutely pathetic. What’s next? A LTBGQ Merit badge requiring the scout to perform an act of sodomy? This is the end for America...
“Merit” Badge Steps
Recruit and provide hands-on instruction about diversity and inclusion to young scouts.
Include scoutmaster in activitites.
Repeat*
*Stress benefit of no chance of procreation.
5 Eagles in my family - dad, uncle, 2 brothers, 1 nephew. First 4 are spinning in their graves.
Diversity merit badge? It does seem the left’s Long March through our institutions is complete.
Another formerly great American institution destroyed by liberalism.
“Diversity is an obstacle to overcome, not a goal to achieve”
-Ann Coulter
Cultural Marxism.PLEASE stop using the term liberal. Please!
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