Thats well more than half of today's 41% unfavorable rating.
As a partner in a large law firm, I was confronted by a surprising number of other lawyers about the BSA's anti-homosexual policy and alleged militarism in the early 1990s.
The 41% unfavorable rating doesn't come entirely from rolling over for the gay mafia. I'd guess less than half of it does.
That some Americans view the Boy Scouts unfavorably tells you more about their values, than the Scouting values. Where else do young men get the same opportunities and values than in a Scouting Program.
It’s nonsense to think that boys are “coming out” in their early teens. If they do they’re more likely to be fellowshipped and loved back to Christian behavior than if we let the disease fester in secret.
Keep in mind that the Devil loves innuendo, secrecy and darkness. Get these kids into the light and love them.
Thank-you for your insight. I am so sad for the future generations that will not have this valuable and now precious experience with scouting. Now it will have to live in legend.
With your Scouting background you most likely already know that charges of militarism have been leveled at Scouting since its inception.
Wikipedia - Militarism in early Scouting movement
Can't put my hands on the list right now, but there is a collection of books written by opponents of Scouting over the decades which make the claim that Scouting is too closely tied with the military.