From Wikipedia:
“Early discussion of Baden-Powell’s sexuality focused on his relationship with his close friend Kenneth McLaren.[48]:217–218[49]:48 Tim Jeal’s later biography discusses the relationship and finds that there is no evidence that this friendship was physical.[7]:82 Jeal then examines Baden-Powell’s views on women, his appreciation of the male form, his military relationships, and his marriage, concluding that Baden-Powell might have been a repressed homosexual.[7]:103 Jeal’s conclusion is shared by some biographers and disputed by others, but is not yet examined in any detail by other scholars.[50]”
Maybe. Might be. IOW, no evidence but smearing by suggestion. Tools of the Left.
Whatever may have been the truth, he sure as heck built a lot of good men and developed character in generations of men that made the West tower above the rest of the world.
Point taken, but I have read the book. For the sake of full disclosure, conservatives need to know what the written record is so they can "Be Prepared." I take no joy in this discourse.
... Whatever may have been the truth, he sure as heck built a lot of good men and developed character in generations of men that made the West tower above the rest of the world.
Yes, he did. His earlier biographer, Bill Hillcourt, painted what is generally considered the "officially BSA sanctioned" biography. "Green Bar" Bill was/is a legend in BSA. On a related note ...
1/28/2013 - Terry Howerton, founder (1994) and owner of the heavily used web-site, http://www.Scouter.com, posted a column for Forbes magazine at Forbe’s website entitled, “The Business of Scouting and a Crisis of Our Own Making.” Howerton is an Eagle Scout with 20 years volunteer service in scouting as an adult. He wrote …
“… When I was 19 years old, I met — then lived with, and traveled the world assisting — 1 of the great mentors of my life. He was 91 years old, and William “Green Bar Bill” Hillcourt was renowned as 1 of the founding fathers of the worldwide movement of Scouting. … There’s no doubt in my mind how loudly William Hillcourt would have screamed until this (exclusive membership) policy had been changed … in my opinion, and 1 shared by millions of parents with kids who could benefit from Scouting, the corporation that administers Scouting in America lost its moral compass a long time ago. …”