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2024-05-07 23:13:37 UTC
If they had kept the queers out of scouting in the first place they would
never ever had had the problems they did.
History has proven time after time that queers cannot ever be trusted.
When the Rome empire admitted queers into the royal ranks, their death and
defeat was assured. In less than 100 years, the Roman Empire was dead
from within.
The Boy Scouts of America are dying too, because the 98% majority will not
hold the 2% accountable.
IRVING, Texas (AP) The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for
the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America.
Its a significant shift as the organization emerges from bankruptcy
following a flood of sexual abuse claims and seeks to focus on inclusion.
The organization steeped in tradition has made seismic changes after
decades of turmoil, from finally allowing gay youth to welcoming girls
throughout its ranks. With an eye on increasing flagging membership
numbers, the Irving, Texas-based organization announced the name change
Tuesday at its annual meeting in Florida.
In the next 100 years we want any youth in America to feel very, very
welcome to come into our programs, Roger Krone, who took over last fall
as president and chief executive officer, said in an interview before the
announcement.
The organization began allowing gay youth in 2013 and ended a blanket ban
on gay adult leaders in 2015. In 2017, it made the historic announcement
that girls would be accepted as Cub Scouts as of 2018 and into the
flagship Boy Scout program renamed Scouts BSA in 2019. Over 6,000
girls have now achieved the vaunted Eagle Scout rank.
There were nearly 1,000 young women in the inaugural class of female Eagle
Scouts in 2021, including Selby Chipman. The all-girls troop she was a
founding member of in her hometown of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, has grown
from five girls to nearly 50, and she thinks the name change will
encourage even more girls to realize they can join.
Girls were like: You can join Boy Scouts of America? said Chipman, now
a 20-year-old college student and assistant scoutmaster of her troop.
When people question the need to change the name, Krone points out that
membership is at historic lows. Part of my job is to reduce all the
barriers I possibly can for people to accept us as an organization and to
join, he said.
Like other organizations, the scouts lost members during the pandemic,
when participation was difficult. After a highpoint over the last decade
of over 2 million members in 2018, the organization currently services
just over 1 million youths, including more than 176,000 girls and young
women. Membership peaked in 1972 at almost 5 million.
David Aaker, vice chairman of the national branding and marketing firm
Prophet, author and professor emeritus at the University of California-
Berkeley, called the name change an excellent move that gives the
organization a chance to start a new conversation about itself, while not
being so drastic that it strays too far from its original scouting
mission.
Its a onetime chance to tell a new story, Aaker said.
The National Organization for Women had urged the Boy Scouts to open
itself to girls throughout its ranks. Bear Atwood, vice president of NOW,
said the name change signals that not only are girls allowed to join but
they are welcome to join.
Reaction online Tuesday ranged from those excited and supportive to those
decrying that boy no longer appears in the name. Wokeness destroys
everything it touches, wrote Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Georgia Republican, on
X.
But Lois Alvar, a 20-year-old Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster from
the Dallas area, said the new name should help all scouts feel accepted.
Having it nationally recognized that girls are being welcomed and
included in scouting allows it to be a more safe space, just in general,
she said.
The move to accept girls throughout the Boy Scout ranks strained a bond
with the Girl Scouts of the USA, which sued, saying it created marketplace
confusion and damaged their recruitment efforts. They reached a settlement
agreement after a judge rejected those claims, saying both groups are free
to use words like scouts and scouting.
The Boy Scouts $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan took effect
last year, allowing the organization to keep operating while compensating
the more than 80,000 men who say they were sexually abused as children
while scouting.
The organization wont officially become Scouting America until Feb. 8,
2025, the organizations 115th birthday. But Krone said he expects people
will start immediately using the name.
It sends this 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, Krone said.
https://www.kron4.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-boy-scouts-of-
america-changing-name-to-more-inclusive-scouting-america-after-years-of-
woes/
never ever had had the problems they did.
History has proven time after time that queers cannot ever be trusted.
When the Rome empire admitted queers into the royal ranks, their death and
defeat was assured. In less than 100 years, the Roman Empire was dead
from within.
The Boy Scouts of America are dying too, because the 98% majority will not
hold the 2% accountable.
IRVING, Texas (AP) The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for
the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America.
Its a significant shift as the organization emerges from bankruptcy
following a flood of sexual abuse claims and seeks to focus on inclusion.
The organization steeped in tradition has made seismic changes after
decades of turmoil, from finally allowing gay youth to welcoming girls
throughout its ranks. With an eye on increasing flagging membership
numbers, the Irving, Texas-based organization announced the name change
Tuesday at its annual meeting in Florida.
In the next 100 years we want any youth in America to feel very, very
welcome to come into our programs, Roger Krone, who took over last fall
as president and chief executive officer, said in an interview before the
announcement.
The organization began allowing gay youth in 2013 and ended a blanket ban
on gay adult leaders in 2015. In 2017, it made the historic announcement
that girls would be accepted as Cub Scouts as of 2018 and into the
flagship Boy Scout program renamed Scouts BSA in 2019. Over 6,000
girls have now achieved the vaunted Eagle Scout rank.
There were nearly 1,000 young women in the inaugural class of female Eagle
Scouts in 2021, including Selby Chipman. The all-girls troop she was a
founding member of in her hometown of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, has grown
from five girls to nearly 50, and she thinks the name change will
encourage even more girls to realize they can join.
Girls were like: You can join Boy Scouts of America? said Chipman, now
a 20-year-old college student and assistant scoutmaster of her troop.
When people question the need to change the name, Krone points out that
membership is at historic lows. Part of my job is to reduce all the
barriers I possibly can for people to accept us as an organization and to
join, he said.
Like other organizations, the scouts lost members during the pandemic,
when participation was difficult. After a highpoint over the last decade
of over 2 million members in 2018, the organization currently services
just over 1 million youths, including more than 176,000 girls and young
women. Membership peaked in 1972 at almost 5 million.
David Aaker, vice chairman of the national branding and marketing firm
Prophet, author and professor emeritus at the University of California-
Berkeley, called the name change an excellent move that gives the
organization a chance to start a new conversation about itself, while not
being so drastic that it strays too far from its original scouting
mission.
Its a onetime chance to tell a new story, Aaker said.
The National Organization for Women had urged the Boy Scouts to open
itself to girls throughout its ranks. Bear Atwood, vice president of NOW,
said the name change signals that not only are girls allowed to join but
they are welcome to join.
Reaction online Tuesday ranged from those excited and supportive to those
decrying that boy no longer appears in the name. Wokeness destroys
everything it touches, wrote Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Georgia Republican, on
X.
But Lois Alvar, a 20-year-old Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster from
the Dallas area, said the new name should help all scouts feel accepted.
Having it nationally recognized that girls are being welcomed and
included in scouting allows it to be a more safe space, just in general,
she said.
The move to accept girls throughout the Boy Scout ranks strained a bond
with the Girl Scouts of the USA, which sued, saying it created marketplace
confusion and damaged their recruitment efforts. They reached a settlement
agreement after a judge rejected those claims, saying both groups are free
to use words like scouts and scouting.
The Boy Scouts $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan took effect
last year, allowing the organization to keep operating while compensating
the more than 80,000 men who say they were sexually abused as children
while scouting.
The organization wont officially become Scouting America until Feb. 8,
2025, the organizations 115th birthday. But Krone said he expects people
will start immediately using the name.
It sends this 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, Krone said.
https://www.kron4.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-boy-scouts-of-
america-changing-name-to-more-inclusive-scouting-america-after-years-of-
woes/