UMC advises churches to end charters with Boy Scouts amid sex abuse lawsuit settlement

Christian Post ^ | 08/30/2021 | Michael Gryboski

[FatherofFive]

Boy Scouts are dead to me. So sad. So many great memories. Three Eagle Scouts.

[Salman]

They are on about sex abuse now, but weren't they OK with the gay scoutmasters thing?

The big religious divide in this century is between sodomy and non-sodomy.

[CharlesOConnell]

Let’s see, we have to end unjust discrimination against gay scout masters who, after all, are just the same as the rest of us, only different.

Then, once we have failed to notice that pederasty is the mainstay of the gay subculture and we have allowed our young people to become tender prey of

I’m your wicked Uncle Earnie,
I’m glad you won’t hear or see me as I
fiddle all about, fiddle all about,
fiddle about.

You won’t shout as I fiddle about
fiddle all about, fiddle all about,
fiddle about.

[1Old Pro]

PC, Diversity, LGBT killed the Boy scouts, all predictable.

[MtnClimber]

The left set this whole thing up with their “gays in the Boy Scouts” push. That push was for gay, pedophile scout leaders.

[cgbg]

This tragedy

This church is totally useless.

Child molestation is not a tragedy.

It is raw evil.

If a church does not know the difference, then they are a part of the problem and not part of the solution.

[bigbob]

Wow. I never made it to Eagle but did learn a lot and it’s surely a loss to society. Ironically the Methodist church sponsored my scout troop and years later I ended up quitting because the local minister couldn’t keep his hands off the help and they had to fork over a big sex harrassment settlement. Liberal churches are the worst.

[vpintheak]

Crying shame. Scouts BSA is ded, dead.

[Salman]

That push was for gay, pedophile scout leaders.

Am I being paranoid to think the real push was to get rid of the Boy Scouts altogether?

[peggybac]

I applaud their stance on the BSA, but doesn’t the church support abortions?

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Wow, now even the United Methodist Church won't touch them. The fools at the national BSA thought catering to the Left would work, they tried growing their ranks with girls, then they thought they could buy their way out.

Goodbye, Boy Scouts of America.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The irony is that a large (largest?) faction of the UMC has been at the forefront of lesbo/homo promotion, Rainbow Flags galore! Female (lesbo?) "ministers", short on Gospel and long on trendy signifying.

In rural areas, the UMC churches are not as affected, but still not unheard of. John Wesley is spinning in this grave.

[dadfly]

sew the wind and reap the whirlwind.

it was churches, parents and scouts who accepted the “great divorce” of the Scouts from God.

[Myrddin]

My dad and I are both Eagle Scouts. It was a great organization in the 40s and early 70s for both of us. My middle son joined a troop sponsored by the local Roman Catholic church. Parents were actively involved. My middle son earned First Class before the first court of honor occurred subsequent to his joining. The scoutmaster said he should "slow down and mature". My son said, piss off. He had enough going with the band, multiple AP classes including tutoring other AP students. He finished with a 4.33 GPA, then off to the USMC and Kuwait. On return, he earned a BA in Business Administration and Physics. He had the ability to make Eagle, but his troop wanted to put the brakes on.

The LDS church dropped the scouts as the official "program" for the young men. That was a huge gutting of the BSA organization. It appears more orgs are doing that. As parents, we just have to find a replacement for the skills and experiences that the BSA once offered.

[FatherofFive]

My dad and I are both Eagle Scouts.

My first experience with Scouting was when I brought my son to join Cub Scouts after a move to Florida. I became Assistant Cubmaster that night, and the Cubmaster announced this was his last year. I took the pack from 22 to 85 cubs in 2 years. Had a Blast, and so did all the parents.

The cleaning lady at our Church had a grandson, she cared for him because both parents were in prison for drugs and murder. Our Pack 'adopted' him. He became an Eagle, and went on to attend the University of Florida.

One of so many great experiences with Scouting before they abandoned God and Country.

[NWFree]

The first United fag church to which I once belonged doesn’t want to be associated with fags on trial.

[NWFree]

I’m still keeping the three sharpshooter medals I won with a .22 in scout camp decades ago.

[Nuc 1.1]

You are absolutely correct.

[FatherofFive]

I’m still keeping the three sharpshooter medals I won with a .22 in scout camp decades ago.

When I moved to Oklahoma, one of our Cub Scouts moved on to Boy Scouts. The first time he fired a gun was at Boy Scout camp

"At 14 years old, Jon Michael won the NSSA Junior World Skeet Championship with a score of 397 out of 400 targets as a sub-junior. He has remained active with Boy Scouts and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 2009. He credits his competition travel for the knowledge he gained about the USA."

https://www.usashooting.org/12-the-team/usashootingteam/nationalteam/nationalshotgunteam/jonmichaelmcgrath

A great story

While attending his first Boy Scout summer camp at 11 years old, Jon Michael approached the shotgun range to ask if he could shoot clay targets with a shotgun. The Range Master helped him with his first shots and then recommended that Jon Michael pursue the shooting sports. An introduction to Skeeter Radke at Tulsa Gun Club led to improved scores and strengthened Jon Michael’s desire to compete. In 2010, at World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, he became the first American to win the World Championship Gold Medal in Men’s Junior Skeet. In 2008, Jon Michael became the youngest person at 16 years old, to win the USA Shooting National Championship for Men’s Skeet.

This is why I loved Scouting, and am so sad to see it gone.