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Boy Scouts Will Accept Girls, in Bid to ‘Shape the Next Generation of Leaders’
New York Times ^ | October 11, 2017 | NIRAJ CHOKSHI

Posted on 10/11/2017 3:24:03 PM PDT by Blue House Sue

The Boy Scouts of America announced plans on Wednesday to accept girls, marking a historic shift for the century-old organization.

The group cited the desire to nurture female leaders as a reason for the decision, pitting it against the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., which operates under a similar mission.

“We strive to bring what our organization does best — developing character and leadership for young people — to as many families and youth as possible as we help shape the next generation of leaders,” said Michael Surbaugh, the group’s chief scout executive.

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To: Blue House Sue

Maybe there needs to be an alternative to the Boy Scouts.


41 posted on 10/11/2017 4:07:37 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: Blue House Sue

And I thought I had fun at scout camp, dang


42 posted on 10/11/2017 4:08:13 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Because it’s all about females, all the time in every way.


43 posted on 10/11/2017 4:08:43 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: DannyTN

The “Ze” Scouts.


44 posted on 10/11/2017 4:10:23 PM PDT by ex91B10
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To: Blue House Sue

I have a girl scout and a boy scout in my household. I’d much prefer to have the girl be in boy scouts. That tells you how much of a joke girls scouts has become.

Boys learn to handle fire, cut wood, shoot guns, go on hikes, and live in tents.

Girl scouts go to build a bear, do their cookie thing, and sometimes they learn important things by accident. It has really been gutted by PC. I literally (as the father) cannot drive my daughter around the neighborhood to collect bags during the food drive they do each year. Only a “trained” parent is allowed to drive girls on official functions. There will never be a chance for me to go camping with my daughter in girl scouts because men aren’t allowed. Not even the father. And they don’t go camping because that’s yucky. My wife is a leader and she pulls her hair out trying to get them to do something outdoors but “corporate” runs the show right down to the block level.

It is worth noting that Boy Scouts already have girls in the organization and it works pretty well. The Venturing program allows girls 14 and above and they do the same thing as the boys. I don’t see many complaints about that and its been around for 20 years.

My opinion is that if they stick with the programs the boys do, this will be a net positive. I’d rather girls and boys both get the excellent outdoor training that Boy Scouts delivers.


45 posted on 10/11/2017 4:10:46 PM PDT by siberianheat
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To: Blue House Sue

The Boy Scouts self-destruction continues. They have been fully assimilated into the PC culture. Fortunately, there are alternatives.


46 posted on 10/11/2017 4:12:50 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Blue House Sue

I wrote off the BSA years ago when they said it was ok to have homosexuals as scout masters. Now, apparently, it’s even worse.

May the Boy Sodomites and the Girl Sodomites each go to hell.


47 posted on 10/11/2017 4:19:11 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: Blue House Sue

Sickos. They just cannot stand it that a group of boys might benefit from a time away from girls here and there. And like a convoy having to adjust to the slowest ship, BSA will have to conform fully to whatever makes the girl members feel welcome and happy.


48 posted on 10/11/2017 4:19:40 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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Only decent Cub Scout leader I had played with this band..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtQHtkjVQ24


49 posted on 10/11/2017 4:21:50 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Blue House Sue

So.... what about the Girl Scouts?!


50 posted on 10/11/2017 4:22:15 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Blue House Sue

My son in law pulled his boy out of the boy scouts because it was taken over by moms and they were doing “girl stuff” not boy scout stuff even though only boys were involved.


51 posted on 10/11/2017 4:26:13 PM PDT by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: Repeal 16-17

YEARS ago women were allowed in the BSA Explorer program. Something tells me their membership numbers have been declining for a long time.


52 posted on 10/11/2017 4:26:14 PM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: notaliberal

Yupper


53 posted on 10/11/2017 4:28:23 PM PDT by mylife
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To: knarf
Boys should learn to be boys and men, Girls should learn to be girls and women.

There used to be an organization called Campfire Girls that sought, among other things, to instill feminine values in girls. The Young Men's Christian Association sponsored the Indian Guides, which taught masculine values to boys while familiarizing them with American Indian culture and facilitating bonding between fathers and sons.

But liberals and leftists infiltrated and then destroyed both. Campfire Girls began recruiting boys and changed its name simply to Campfire. I believe they are now defunct. And the Indian Guides program was phased out for being "racist." Soon the Boy Scouts will be history.

I was fortunate to have been an Indian Guide and a Boy Scout before liberals got their hands on these institutions.

54 posted on 10/11/2017 4:40:21 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Vaquero

better options...
Trail Life (for boys)
American Heritage Girls


55 posted on 10/11/2017 4:40:57 PM PDT by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
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To: Blue House Sue

People here will drag out the old antiqueer arguments spewed from the pulpits by ministers that sense an opportunity to increase offerings and gain control. Rational thought is bashed as a result

The move to increase the membership of girls in scouting is all about families. Increasingly, women have moved up from cubs to troop leadership positions. Although not in great numbers, girls have been accepted as members of venture crews. So the precedent is already strongly established.

More and more scouting is about families and sisters were left out. In practice, many sisters participate in the family scouting activities as ex officio members.

The family aspect has not been mentioned or even hinted at in the various press blurbs seen today. The family though is at the root of the change.

For the record, our troop had had some girls as venture scouts 14 and older. This year, the troop had the first wedding of college graduated venture scouts.

Queers....... ha. We have a fine church sponsoring institution and 70 adult leaders all of which have biannually reviewed youth protection training. It is not going to be a problem except in the mind of those who didn’t like scouting to begin with.


56 posted on 10/11/2017 4:44:07 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (whites seem to actually be supreme)
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To: Blue House Sue

Teenage boys going into the woods with teenage girls.

What could POSSIBLY go wrong? Cough cough sputter sputter...


57 posted on 10/11/2017 4:48:39 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Vermont Lt

My husband was a boy scout leader when my son was a Weeblo. He actually worked on badges with the boys.


58 posted on 10/11/2017 4:55:40 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: Blue House Sue

Sick sick world...gays in the pews, girls in the Boy Scouts, a “pope” spouting same sex marriage and climate change.......and on and on and on...


59 posted on 10/11/2017 5:31:45 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: silverleaf

“There still is a separate girl guiding organization ...”

Okay, now I see the sameness. Baden-Powell set up Scouts as coed, right? And I suppose with ‘gay’ scout leaders as well?


60 posted on 10/11/2017 5:33:07 PM PDT by A strike (Academia is almost as racist as Madison Ave.)
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