You make some very fine points, and I agree with this post. I would just add that I didn’t say a lack of “Latter-day Saint” involvement with the BSA would collapse the BSA, I said:
“If the BSA was to ever to take up the homosexual agenda, they would rapidly hemorrhage scouts and funding. You can bank on that.”
Because my reply (and follow up) about funding and what I had heard were addressing a specific post, and I then ended with my broader point concerning the thread’s topic, I understand how it might seem like I meant that one would be direct result of the other, and apologize. I didn’t mean that. But I most certainly still stand by what I said, which is that if the BSA were to take up the homosexual agenda, they’d lose scouts across the board, regardless of religion and geographic region. No sane or rational person would ever let their child without supervision (one could argue with supervision, but I don’t think all homosexuals are proverbial “boogymen”) on an overnighter with one (or more, the horror!) homosexual adult males out in the wilderness. I cannot even imagine the thought. I remember there was a big flap in my troop because I sometimes shared a tent with my uncles at times (and initially cousin, but later my cousin became an adult, as he was 5 years older, and thus no longer a scout).
Some of the other scout leaders didn’t like the idea because it wasn’t my own father (even though they were still family!), I can only imagine their reaction to a homosexual leader. That’s the thrust of what I was saying.
One member did say the BSA would collapse if the LDS pulled out of Scouting. That's when I entered this thread. My continued existence was to disagree with the idea that 50% of BSA funding comes from LDS sources. As I said, LDS Scouting is a valuable part of Scouting. How it looks in relation to the BSA as a whole is greatly skewed, however, if you're inside LDS Scouting as part of a Council with a strong LDS Scouting presence.