Actually, Jimer, the Boy Scouts are growing rapidly in our area (growing troops in our town - an additional troop added last year). Why? Because there are a great many people (like me, for instance), who want their sons taught that belief in God is essential in life, that the Scout Law and Oath help our sons to become better people, that there is no place for homosexual men in close quarters with our sons on overnight campouts, etc. etc. You may not share these beliefs - and thus, Boy Scouts is not for you. For me, it's the best youth organization I know of for my sons.
What does gender preference have to do with my posts and the topic of this thread? How many, if any, religious scouts were converted to atheism by Darrell Lambert? How many religious scouts changed religions by being exposed to other scout's religions? If you are truly hooked on religion, then religion teaches tolerance. The Boy scouts should be concerned with morals, not with religion.