How sad to see this formerly wonderful organization succumb to who I often call “the termites”. They are tireless in their efforts to degrade society, eating away at the Christian foundation of our republic.
When I was young, there was a Boy Scout Christian-equivalent but I can’t recall what it was named. I only remember the girls counterpart organization was called Pioneer Girls. I wonder if they are still around all these many years later.
In the Southern Baptist churches, the Royal Ambassadors is a para-scouting organization that I participated in as a child. In the Assemblies of God, the Royal Rangers is a similar counterpart to scouting.
Today, there are Trail Life USA and several other Christian-based groups for boys.
There was a ranger organization of some sort that I tinkered with for a time back in the late 80’s. Bad leadership, I bailed. Hard to keep track in todays crazy world.
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell has rolled over in his grave with many others. Very sad!!
It was about Morals and Character!
There are no queers or girls with boys as young men in that equation!
Royal Rangers?
We were Pioneers. I was one. Did some really fun stuff, tough stuff. In 4th(?) grade we were in a competition where we had to build a dogsled. Then we took that sled camping, that is to say unheated tents, in Northern Wisconsin in January(?)for a few days. There were no dogs. We had to pull that sled as fast as we could through deep snow, the path was marked but it wasnt cleared or plowed in any way. It seemed like more than a mile, there were 10 or so stations we had to run into and ply skills like building a fire in the snow and such then off we were running to the next dragging that sled.
My boy scout friends never did anything exciting or challenging like that. They were too busy selling cookies.
The Pioneers still exist but I dont know anything about what they are like now. My girls went to a couple of the girl Pioneer meetings and after a couple of lame meetings of learning how to fold clothes and how to set a table properly they quit.