This is correct. The original proposal was for the matter to be decided by Chartering Organizations. That would permit some gay adult leaders to be in the program openly. The LDS was against that. I suspect the Catholics and SBC were also against that. My view on this which will likely be castigated here is that this is not a big deal. Boys have a way of sorting this out. Most gays that wanted in the program were here already, just closeted. A flamboyant gay coming in will probably not last long. We can only crack down on bullying/hazing so much. Some folks in our District don't want their sons exposed to homos yet send their sons to public school where this has been tolerated for decades now. What I tell people is you won't be able to kick a boy out for announcing he is gay, but the moment he makes a pass or molests someone, they are out. Sexual contact of any nature is prohibited and subject to discipline up to and including removal. It is an opportunity to try an instill values at the Troop level in all boys. I did not support the resolution and am angry it even came up to vote. National BSA seems so short-sighted and has given the local Councils little to no guidance whatsoever about how this policy will be implemented practically. No announced changes to Youth Protection, etc. Some Troops are therefore designing their own policies which will likely run afoul of National. As a DC, there is not much I can do about it. The Troops set their own bylaws as approved by their Chartering Organizations.... most Councils will be too apathetic to deal with it. Most of the pros at our Council are not happy about this. But a job is a job. I am staying because to me, the program is still something I believe in. My 12-year old son just finished his Eagle project and will get his Eagle in November at the age of 13. He is big in Indian Heritage in the OA and I see how Scouting has changed him in such a positive way and has changed me too. Hell no - I won't give up without a fight. That other shoe must never drop.
Thank you for that common sense and clarity into how this came about and the probably outcome.
Scouting is too beneficial to our young men to give up and think somehow a new pure Scouting will magically arise. Who knows it may help some confused boys realize they have been following the wrong signals.