In other words they say its a settled matter
very wrong
Indeed.
I did some checking - here is what I found out [I only included the regular Boy Scouts, not Cubs, Explorers, etc.]:
1. About 50% of Scout parents DO NOT want gay admission [thats not to say that the other 50% do - I do not have that data].
2. 56% of the actual Boy Scouts DO NOT want gay admission.
3. 60% of the troops are church-affiliated. There are about 40,000 total troops nationwide. Thats about 24,000 church-sponsored troops. If even only 50% of the 24,000 leave, thats 12,000 troops gone.
4. There are about 800,000 Boy Scouts nationwide - with an average of 20 Boy Scouts per troop. If 50% of the 24,000 troops in Item 3 leave, thats 240,000 Boy Scouts gone.
5. The BSA and its Regional Councils employ about 4,000 full-time staff. All things being equal, that could mean a loss of 1200 jobs - using the data from Items 3 and 4.
This means that there are gonna be less facilities - such as the week-long camps that I used to go to in the summer. For example, if a lot of troops leave in NC and WV - then the local Councils might not be able to support their camps. This leaves them going to Goshen in VA. But, Goshen already hosts troops from DC, MD, AND VA. NC and WV might become SOL ...
I wonder how long it will be before they vote to rescind the new gay policy? SCOTUS has previously ruled that the BSA is a private organization and that it can make and rescind rules as it likes.