[Lmo56]

I am only counting regular Boy Scouts, not Cubs or Explorers, etc.:

There are about 40,000 troops nationwide - 60% of them are Church-affiliated. Thats 24,000 troops. If 50% decide to drop out - thats 12,000 out.

According to the BSA, the average troop is 20 Scouts. This means that 240,000 could drop out at the 50% rate.

According to the BSA, there are about 800,000 regular Boy Scouts. The loss of 240,000 would mean a 30% loss of membership ...

[MacNaughton]

12 am only counting regular Boy Scouts, not Cubs or Explorers, etc.: There are about 40,000 troops nationwide - 60% of them are Church-affiliated. Thats 24,000 troops. If 50% decide to drop out - thats 12,000 out. According to the BSA, the average troop is 20 Scouts. This means that 240,000 could drop out at the 50% rate. According to the BSA, there are about 800,000 regular Boy Scouts. The loss of 240,000 would mean a 30% loss of membership ...

On 4/19/2013, the BSA National Executive Committee released its summary of the results of 8 different study groups conducted in MAR/APR 2013. ...

The summary of findings said a policy change would cost the Scouts a minimum of 100,000 to 350,000 members (across all programs, i.e., Tiger-Cubs, Cubs, Webelos, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers). “It is believed any gain in membership because of a change to the membership policy related to youth and adults would be in the range of 10,000 to 20,000 youth.”

The total BSA membership at the end of 2012 was 2.6 million. So their worst projection was a loss of 13%. It would appear that the BSA National Executive Committee found that level of collateral damage to be acceptable.

[she geek]

There is only one problem with your numbers, there are many churches who have said that homosexuality is acceptable. They will not drop the boy scout troops.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The Boy Scouts of Canada lost 54% of their Boy Scout membership.