ghostdancer

As I stated in an earlier post. "It is in my opinion that scouting is under attack because it is one of the few long standing PRIVATE organizations that has not bent to the wills and wantings of liberal America. It has stood strong for near 100 years without bending or compromising its moral and religeous standards. I myself am conservative as far as the "Gay" ordeal goes. I for one support the decisions made by the courts to give the BSA the right not to allow gays in scouting. If gays want to be part of an organization that is similar in nature to the BSA but more acceptable by liberal standards then by all means seek out the help and get the program off the ground, but quit attacking the BSA name to make a political statement or get your 5 seconds of fame. What are we supposed to do turn our backs on everything scouting was and is. Scouting, like our nation, was founded upon certain religeous and moral foundations. If these religeous and moral standards are in any way bent or compromised then the program itself will fall. However, if we stick to our guns and keep the foundations strong then none can take the program down. We will be able to provide our sons and our daughters(for those GSA parents) a program that is rich in moral living and standards thus producing better people." gays need help I agree but not at the expense of the scouting organization lowering their standards to make them feel more comfortable with their decision of their way of life. it is unacceptable. Yes help them find their fellow homosexuals, direct them to support groups that will help them deal with their decision. as far as the united way, they can take a swift kiss of my hind quarters. any organization that feels they can dictate policy because they have a minor contribution made to the scouting program needs to pull their head out of their behind and relize the scouting organization is independantly wealthy through PRIVATE contributions, fund raising, and other means of funding. Their measly 450,000 is just a small amount of money in comparison to what they give to other organizations.

It is in my opinion that scouting is under attack because it is one of the few long standing PRIVATE organizations that has not bent to the wills and wantings of liberal America. It has stood strong for near 100 years without bending or compromising its moral and religeous standards. I myself am conservative as far as the "Gay" ordeal goes. I for one support the decisions made by the courts to give the BSA the right not to allow gays in scouting. If gays want to be part of an organization that is similar in nature to the BSA but more acceptable by liberal standards then by all means seek out the help and get the program off the ground, but quit attacking the BSA name to make a political statement or get your 5 seconds of fame. What are we supposed to do turn our backs on everything scouting was and is. Scouting, like our nation, was founded upon certain religeous and moral foundations. If these religeous and moral standards are in any way bent or compromised then the program itself will fall. However, if we stick to our guns and keep the foundations strong then none can take the program down. We will be able to provide our sons and our daughters(for those GSA parents) a program that is rich in moral living and stands thus producing better people. I speek for myself when I say that scouting is what made me. I was a punk before I got into scouting, then that fateful night when I went to the first Cub Scout meeting I was hooked and my father well.. he was roped in by two female leaders.. hehe but anyway scouting made me a better person gave me a whole new outlook. I still give thanks for that day, for I do beleive I wouldn't be the person I am today if it hadn't been for scouting and its standards.

There was a time in our troop where we did remove and individual from it. Although he was a leader, I think the same process and procedure should be followed. First off the individual was called to a committee meeting with all committee members attending. They then reviewed his case. Trying to see all sides of the coin. Then it was announced that he was to be ejected from the troop. To keep it quiet with the boys the leader and committee came to an agreement that he leave quietly if the boys ask about the situation of him leaving to just tell them he has decided to go to another troop that needed help... to keep the confusion from the boys and the adults were able to eject the member in a calm manner. none of the boys had suspected he was in trouble.. nor did they ever know. After he left the troop there wasn't much talk about it... so I hope this post helps a little.

I have been scouting for nearly 13 years or better. I have my own scout troop. I for one would welcome a female leader into the troop. I haven't problem with women as leaders, I have a problem with the women leaders who are on their own cruisade to change the face of scouting to what they feel scouting should be all about, throwing many years of tradition out the window and writing their own curriculum.