re: Boy scouts allow gays & gals; lied for pervs, lose half of membership, now face bankruptcy

As an Assistant Scout Master that has been with the program for a while this is very frustrating an disheartening. The BSA has been in a non-win situation for a while now with both sides forcing the BSA in a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation. The the liberal activist have been forcing the BSA to allow gay scout leaders, gay scouts, and now trans-kids into the program with the media assault and lawsuits...then the conservative side can't stand that and are pulling in the opposite direction...

What you have is organizations like Trail Life USA which is comprised of separatist from the BSA that started a male only Christian base scouting program and the Mormons completely pulled out forcing the BSA to create a Kindergarten level in Cub Scouts which is too you @ 5 Years old and now inviting girls to participate in the program to recover lost numbers.

My son just put on Star rank which is 2 away from Eagle Scout. I hope the BSA is around to finish. Fortunately our Troop is still traditional and that won't charge with our Charter Sponsor.

Such a very sad time. I really love the lessons that scouting teaches boys..especially nowadays where younger parents are not as involved in their kids lives as they used to be and disconnected these kids have become with learning some of the most basic abilities of how to take care of themselves an how to deal with challenges when there is no technology around.