They already have. I expect it will soon dwarf the BSA in membership numbers, lol.
Ha, they say on the website it is “a different kind of scouting”. Thanks for that link and tip off.
Here is a letter from one of the Navigators leaders to the NY Times:
“Letter to the NY Times Edotors 7/20/12
To the Editor:
It is a sad day for parents and children across America who will miss out on the scouting experience because of the decision, yet again, of the Boy Scouts of America to exclude gays. In 2000, I was scoutmaster of Troop 103 in East Harlem, which started in a homeless shelter, when the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America could discriminate.
In 2003, many volunteers and I started Navigators USA, a coed, secular scouting organization whose founding principles are based on exactly the issues the Boy Scouts of America refuses to address. The top priority for future generations is to be more than tolerant, to understand and celebrate our differences without fear or prejudice.
The Boy Scouts of America does not own scouting. It is time to give all people the scouting experience.
ROBIN BOSSERT
Executive Director, Navigators USA
Brooklyn, July 18, 2012”
http://navigatorsusa.ning.com/