“Kowtowing cowards.”
They are being financially squeezed and harassed on many fronts. I don’t agree with this but I think it has to do with survival. \
Naturally a gay scout org is the end of the old order and end of scouting as we have known it.
I suspect that their financial troubles are just beginning, unless FedGov steps in and makes Boy Scouts part of the Obama Youth Corps.
I’m sorry, but if I have 2 gallons of water available a day from my well, and suddenly decide to start a farm, I’m not ‘forced’ to buy more water, I’m making a choice.
Same with the executive council: They started after the corporate donations to expand their abilities, and now that they have it, and are spending that money like crazy, they now ‘need’ that money to continue to spend money like crazy.
If these are the strings that come with the money, then the executive council needs to dissolve and go back to just being a volunteer organization. Scouting survived and thrived without a professional organization; the professional organization has been nothing but a detriment to Boy Scouts. There were other ways to accomplish the goals at the time, and they should have been more fully explored rather than turning away from the values of Scouting.
And before anyone imagines that their local council is safe; go take a look around. If there’s a BSA building, check the roster there. If there’s an HR position, then your local council likely depends upon corporate donations to continue to survive. And they will follow National’s path to continue paying salaries and benefits.
To take a quote from the liberals: No means NO! Scouting has already tried letting homosexuals near our children, and surprise, the children were molested.