I know little about the the Olympics/Romney, except what lds tell you, he was almost divine in fixing the problems and other people saying, not so fast he didn’t do anything.
So when you say Romney prevented Boy Scouts from attending in uniform - WTH?
For the first time ever, Scouts in uniform were not seen at a US-based Olympic competition. There are many stories, one of which is that this was to be a Gay-Friendly Olympics and Scouts did not allow gays. Another story was that there was some Union issue about seeing non-Union people working.
Anyway, scout troops were told that they could have their members volunteer as individuals out of uniform, but uniformed Scouts were not allowed to be seen volunteering.
The local SLC scouts offered one of their camps as Olympic housing and were told, NO, not at all.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2000/12/15/214301.shtml
http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-30/news/29946079_1_mitt-romney-official-volunteers-family-dog
As with most things Romney, it’s difficult to see what really happened and who made the decisions. The 18 year old “limit” is odd since under-18 scouts had volunteered in every other US Olympics, perhaps setting the age limit there was specifically set to eliminate most scouts.
From whyromney.com:
“Boy Scouts of America and 2002 Olympic Games
-Critics claim that Romney banned the Boy Scouts from participating in the 2002 Winter Olympics because of their stance on homosexuals. In reality, Scouts were not banned, and according to a local paper, Boy Scouts received “a list of volunteer opportunities they are eligible to participate in,” although they could not serve as regular volunteers due to “the minimum age requirement of 18 years.”
The list of volunteer opportunities did not include wearing Scout uniforms, though.
This article:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/799406/SLOC-denies-snubbing-Scouts-over-gay-stance.html
explains a little more. Scouts can volunteer, all right, but in behind-the-scenes roles or offsite roles like tree-planting (where the public will not see a Scout in uniform, my comment).
http://evangelicalsformitt.org/2006/12/sekulow-addresses-false-boy-scout-allegation/
There is lots of material out there, I searched on “2002 olympics boy scouts”.
My take is, SOMEONE decided that Scouts in uniform would not be seen by the public or on TV, and set an age limit and other restrictions to make sure that happened. Since Scouts have worked almost every other Olympics in the US that I can think of, the exclusion from 2002 is remarkable.