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This is such a shame. Growing up in a large, poor and disfunctional family, my husband became the hard-working, skilled man that he now is, largely because of Scouting.

He LOVED being a Boy Scout and learned many practical skills he continues to use to this day. He saw there was a different way of life than what he experienced at home. He saw that kids actually had dads who showed up at functions and liked being with their kids. These dads took care to help him, since his was never there. He decided that was the kind of father he would become. He learned about God and faith and being a good citizen and an honest, honorable man...things he'd never have experienced in a way that was positive, without Scouts.

How disgusting that this wholesome source of rescue is being taken away from today's kids living in similar circumstances.

Yeah, I was a scout, many years ago, and loved it. My son was also, there's no doubt how positive an experience it was. How nice to hear about the inspiration it was for your husband.

"How disgusting that this wholesome source of rescue is being taken away from today's kids living in similar circumstances."

True. I agree with some of the other posters that it is a part of the leftist effort to destroy traditional America. As David Horowitz has said, they must first destroy that which they wish to replace, America as we know it, and as the founders designed it.