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Filled with Disgust (BSA Content)
- Thread starter GeneralElectric
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Because you don't "age out" of the Boy Scouts until 18 (or 21 in the case of Venturers).
Mike
+1 to what Mike said.
One of the guys in my old Troop was gay. He was a year older than me. You wouldn't know it at all until you asked him about his romantic life. He dropped out just short of Eagle because he was too lazy to do his service project. He came out when he was 16.
There was another kid who was a year or two younger who was flaming. I'm talking about waking everyone up at reveille by shouting out Broadway show tunes at 7am. The best part was the year he learned all the songs from Annie Get Your Gun. He's currently studying to be an intelligence officer in the Navy since he's one of the few Irishmen that speak and write in fluent Korean and Chinese. He was like that when I met him!
I still see his dad all the time and we'll get drinks.
There were a couple of others, but none I ever really bothered to ask about. No one really cared in my troop and they didn't get discriminated against by anyone in large multi-troop functions.
I still don't see why its membership policies are brought into question (even though they are acknowledged as flawed) when this thread wasn't made with that in mind. I feel like a broken record...
One of the guys in my old Troop was gay. He was a year older than me. You wouldn't know it at all until you asked him about his romantic life. He dropped out just short of Eagle because he was too lazy to do his service project. He came out when he was 16.
There was another kid who was a year or two younger who was flaming. I'm talking about waking everyone up at reveille by shouting out Broadway show tunes at 7am. The best part was the year he learned all the songs from Annie Get Your Gun. He's currently studying to be an intelligence officer in the Navy since he's one of the few Irishmen that speak and write in fluent Korean and Chinese. He was like that when I met him!
I still see his dad all the time and we'll get drinks.There were a couple of others, but none I ever really bothered to ask about. No one really cared in my troop and they didn't get discriminated against by anyone in large multi-troop functions.
I still don't see why its membership policies are brought into question (even though they are acknowledged as flawed) when this thread wasn't made with that in mind. I feel like a broken record...
smallbutmighty
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Apt is right.....not only an elephant, but an ever-changing, morphing elephant.
It's more than just a matter of the Scouting program being applied and practiced inconsistently. It's the fact that the Scouting program is purposefully changed to suit the requirements of the specific organizations that sponsor it. For example, it a troop sponsored by a school may be run differently, and have different customs and practices than one sponsored by a church.
This is why you have such a variety of experiences.
For what it is worth, I am an Eagle Scout, and my Scouting experience was one of the best things to happen to me as a youth. My Scoutmaster was one of the most honorable men I've ever met in my life, and I try to live up to the principles he taught me every day.
Sadly, I do think it is in fashion to bash the Scouts these days, and as a result I've had to ponder whether including "Eagle Scout" on my resume is an asset or an liability.
