Posted on 05/08/2024 8:36:51 AM PDT by ebb tide
After years of turmoil and upheaval resulting in a major identity crisis, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced today that it’s changing its name to Scouting America in order to be “more inclusive.”
The rebranding comes as the troubled organization emerges from bankruptcy after a tsunami of allegations of sexual abuse rocked the once-beloved, venerable institution geared to forming boys into men.
In all, more than 80,000 men came forward to file claims alleging that they were sexually abused while in BSA programs, resulting in a $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan that was approved by a federal judge last year.
The BSA began welcoming homosexual-identifying boys in 2013, and in 2015 halted its ban on gay adult scout masters.
In 2017, the organization announced that girls who identify as “transgender” could enter their boys-only programs. In 2018, the scouts fully opened their membership to girls.
As a result, Scouting America currently serves more than 176,000 girls and young women across all programs, including over 6,000 who have earned the rank of Eagle Scout, according to a press release.
In a video posted to X, CEO Roger Krone delivered a woke-drenched explanation for the change, saying it sends a “really strong message to everyone in America that they can come to this program, they can bring their authentic self, they can be who they are, and they will be welcomed here.”
The announcement met with a quick backlash on social media.
“This is an act of intentional demoralization against normal Americans and the former key constituency of the Boy Scouts: patriotic, hard working American boys and their families,” wrote William Wolfe, executive director of the Center for Baptist Leadership, on X.
“Everything good must be deformed in service of the revolution,” he added.
“The Boy Scouts chose the woke over the church kids that made up the backbone of their membership,” conservative author John Hawkins asserted. “Now they’re as good as dead. They deserve it. The kids didn’t. But the Boy Scouts do.”
“Once again, wokeness ruins everything,” outspoken conservative Hollywood star Matthew Marsden said.
“It started with allowing girls into the Boy Scouts. That’s when I pulled my son out of it,” Marsden noted. “This organization helped equip young boys with the skills to become real men and this move is another attack on them.”
“They will be financially bankrupt in 10 years,” he predicted.
Another X user, tongue firmly in cheek, suggested that the new name, Scouting America, might not be inclusive or woke enough.
“What, not the They/Them scouts?”
Ping
Oh boy.
Uhh, oh person.
“Scouting America currently serves more than 176,000 girls and young women across all programs”
Meanwhile, the Girl Scouts continue merrily along with no opposition.
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Sad. But in a neo pagan, hedonistic, decadent open culture, any organization that caters to young people such as schools, scouts, youth church groups attracts perverted child molesters as well. Decent, rational parents really must be diligent to the point where they can’t rust anyone or make any assumptions based on their prior experiences.
“Scouting for Boys” is more apropos...................
So, are “the scouts” now allowing:
Male scout leaders to go on camping trips with teenage girls?
Female scout leaders to camp with hormonal teen boys?
Teen boys and girls to camp together?
I foresee a large number of lawsuits coming and a few unwanted pregnancies.
Glad I left the BSA when they abandoned their duty to God and let the homosexuals in.
Political correctness is a very strong force in our culture.
So we see pressures to rename Boy Scouts to be just scouts, without any references to it being an organization for boys. After all, they muust be “inclusive”. That is more important than the reason for being of that organization .
Reminds me a bit of when the Campus Crusade for Christ changed their name to “cru”. That organization felt cimpelled to change because, #1, having the word “crusade” in their name can offend Moslems, and #2, any reference to Christ is offensive to a whole slew of assorted liberal types. So they felt the need to downplay the goals of trying to lead college students to Christ.
Now with updated brownshirts!
This decision will be the end of them.
I went through scouting because wanted to get away from my sister’s.
It a BOY’S club.
Leadership sold out the well being of the boys. Got it.
The more appropriate name would be “Perverts and Pedophiles Scouting of Amerika.”
That marked the end of a long tradition of the BSA and an end of the BSA.
This organization has been dead for about 10 years.
Glad I got out of Scouting when I did. The writing was on the wall even then.
Former Scout Dad and Asst Scout Master.
It’s dead. Close the doors, turn off the lights. BSA is no more.
Fear not, there is always Elementary Education.
It’s funny you should mention that. When I saw a headline for this story yesterday, my first reaction was: “I thought the Boy Scouts went out of business years ago.”
who actually is making these decisions?
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