I greatly admire the FRC in its good fight, but it, and many others posting here on FR, have got it wrong. The membership policy change is directed at the chartering institutions, i.e., the churches which own the BSA charter of the packs and troops. It is not about the councils. Yeah, there about 70 renegade councils located in blue districts that want this change. If they can't live without it, close these council offices. The local United Way chapters are the main source of funds in these councils, and they have already turned against BSA.
Remember, 90%+ of a boy's involvement in Scouting is at the unit level. Scouting was always designed to work at the unit level. It can continue but we have to work our way through the shock of betrayal by the chief scout executive and the national executive board.
Burn up the phone/e-mail with your council and national. The executive boards of the conservative councils should be mounting a strategy to counterattack the national executive board. It would be a shame to lose the 4 national high adventure bases in a divorce, but you can be assured if all conservatives leave BSA, they will have to close the high adventure bases. There aren't enough youths in the units chartered to the progressive churches to keep these properties operating.
We must demand the heads of the CSE and the rogue executive board members on pikes!
The problem is, the barbarians DON’T MIND imploding the institutions they invade. In a way, that’s one of their goals.
The problem is, the barbarians DON’T MIND imploding the institutions they invade. In a way, that’s one of their goals.