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To: Hostage; All
Who owns the brand, logos, name?

If you mean "Boy Scouts of America" and the specific logo, then it's the Boy Scouts of America in Irving, Texas.

However, Scouting is a worldwide movement that predates the BSA. The BSA is not the only Scouting organization in the U.S. More about that anon.

In most European and many South American countries, there are multiple Scouting organizations, often split by religion or political differences (European countries may have separate Catholic, Protestant, Socialist, Labor Union, and other groups; Germany has more than 100). They are represented at the World Organization of the Scout Movement by one umbrella organization, or simply exist on their own. When I say they are separate groups, they are truly separate groups - not like we have in the U.S.

There is also the World Federation of Independent Scouts.

In the U.S., virtually all Scouts belong to the BSA, which is a member of WOSM. However, we have some Scouts who are part of the Baden-Powell Service Association (which is already co-ed and 'inclusive') and some who are back-to-what-we-did-in-1908 Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (which is part of WFIS - and I don't know where they stand on homosexual leaders).

Anyone can start a Scouting group - just grab Lord Baden-Powell's 1908 Scouting for Boys and do it. Last time I took a formal count (2007), Scouting existed in every country in the world except five.

61 posted on 02/01/2013 11:57:03 AM PST by Scoutmaster (I've fixed my problem with procrastination; just wait and see.)
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To: Scoutmaster
Make it six:

Cuba, North Korea, People's Republic of China, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Andorra.

64 posted on 02/01/2013 12:02:38 PM PST by Scoutmaster (I've fixed my problem with procrastination; just wait and see.)
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To: Scoutmaster

OK... at this point I am beyond mad.

I never heard of the Baden-Powell Service Association. I just googled it. It is basically a BSA like program, similar to the Baden Powell ideals, but allows ANYONE to join, including homosexuals. People who have been reading about the current BSA situation have said, why don’t the homosexuals start there own group- well the already have and have been in operation since 2006.

This current push is for nothing more than to destroy the BSA.


68 posted on 02/01/2013 12:59:42 PM PST by lost in the snow
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