Good call. And if he insists on being a scout, why doesn't he start his own organization? Gay Scouts or God-free Scouts or something like that. It would be interesting to see how many join up and if it is still going strong after nearly a century.
A Congressional Charter prohibits any other "boy scouts" organization. The term "boy scouts" was generic at one time. At one time, there were many different "boy scouts" organizations here. In other countries, there are still many different "boy scouts" organizations. But, in the U.S., there can be only ONE. BSA has used the charter given to it by Congress in the early 1900's to sue and then swallow-up any other scouting organization who attempts to use the same name. BSA even lays claim to the name "scout"; for example, the YMCA isn't permitted to use that word anywhere in its literature (even though "scouts" was what their "Indian guides" were supposed to be). Then, the BSA receives donations from our military (courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer); access to children in public school classrooms; a few parks are maintained for the sole use of the BSA; and a scout automatically can qualify for a level two grades higher than anyone else upon admission into the military.
Can you tell I've been reading about the BSA lately?
The BSA has been established, endorsed, and subsidized by the government. It is a federally-protected government monopoly that requires a religious test upon entrance.