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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In time, being a member of the Boy Scouts will be viewed similarly to being in the KKK a few decades ago. Pan average person could do it for purely social reasons, but the organization has a backwards and discriminatory bent.  Your kids will be marked. [/quote]

Nah. As long as it's a place for socially awkward boys to go there will be a demand for it. Parents want their kids to fit in more than they want to make a statement.[/quote]

Yeah.  Neil Armstrong, President Ford, Justice Breyer, Robert Gates were all socially awkward.  [/quote]

I see more SN boys in Scouting than in any other single activity. There is some structure and always a slew of parents attending events. All parents are expected to be authority figures so in theory there is better management of a group of kids. Of course, typically the den meetings and pack meetings are nothing short of chaos with brief stretches of organized activity. For having a place where their kid is accepted more easily than, for example, in a traditional sport, I doubt these parents are going to make a political stand. They play the "the national policies don't filter down to our pack/den level so we're OK with it" card.

So I don't think BS is going anywhere.[/quote]

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