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comment by ThurberMingus
ThurberMingus  ·  2172 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: LDS Church severing all ties with Boy Scouts over girls'n'gays

Whoa. The Mormons kept the BSA alive because they didn't split a few years ago.





psychoticmilkman  ·  2171 days ago  ·  link  ·  
ThurberMingus  ·  2171 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I got to see the best of side of scouting -- I joined a troop as it was taking a turn towards more high adventure camping, while there were a bunch of adults involved who did a great job of encouraging youth leadership while there were a great group of boys leading and a good community add more members.

After I was out, after the BSA made an official decision to allow openly gay members, the troop disbanded, mostly because the church chartering the troop wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole, and there weren't enough people involved who really wanted to continue to move the troop to a new charter organization.

I hope I'm able to find some organization like the troop I was in if I have kids.