Pale Horse

Ha ha, good point. Nothing says supporting law enforcement officers like going out and committing a few B&Es.

From the OP's post it sounds more like a security concern as opposed to overt exclusion of someone based on a protected class. I don't think it's sending a negative message to say "for the safety of our students, members of Pack/Troop XXX must be registered students of XYZ Charter Academy."

A bit off topic, so sorry for the derailment. But is this a problem with US Scouting / BSA, in that we have no (few?) real scout spokesman or role models, that scouts actually want to emulate? Of course we have scouts that go on to do great things, but do we have figureheads that a scout says..."gee I want to do what he does and be him."? I know of Mike Row, but does he promote his Scouting past in any kind of official position? Any others?

Any link to full article without pay site?

Thanks for the play by play recap, though I'm not really sure it was necessary. He asked a question, I responded; though apparently not to your liking. I would also strongly disagree that it is an ad hominem attack, as I am not attacking him, but his position. The best argument would have been that I was building a Straw Man argument or making an appeal to emotion, either of which I may have conceded, but certainly not an ad hominem attack. The comparison of this position of refusing admittance to segregation is also a fair one, in my opinion. Now, just as then, many had strongly held beliefs that they were somehow morally superior to those of black skin, and by allowing them to comingle with their kids, they would somehow contaminate them. How is this different than the opinion that girls, gays, and trans are unworthy of being Scouts and going to dissolve everything BSA has achieved?

No, he's not wrong because he has different morals. I made no such blanket statement. He is wrong though if he thinks it's ok to discriminate against one particular set of children.

You could have just as easily asked, what did they have to gain by letting "Colored kids" go to schools with white kids? I'd say they have the gained the moral high ground by doing the right thing. I believe now, just as then, you're on the wrong side by believing either decision is the wrong move.

Thanks for the answers everybody. Appreciate it.

Does the Journey to Excellence follow the calendar year or the Scout year? If the Scout year, are we working towards the 2017 award now?

What about an adult scout leader who "identifies as female"? Will that fit the bill?

Completely agree. Many studies have shown that poor or incorrect CPR is better than no CPR. Delaying treatment because a lack of credentials or waiting the "ideal" first responder is not the right answer.