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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a pretty big Scout fan I am fairly confident that girl troops will be fine additions to Scouting.  My kids have gone to coed camps for years and never had any issues.  The girls will just be in Camp Section A and the bathrooms will be girls only.

Having some girls in a merit badge class at camp isn’t going to freak out anyone.

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I don't understand why a small group of girl parents feel privileged to take away the one organization that serves boys and young men.

Create your own organization...oh wait, you already have girl scouts.[/quote]

Let's be perfectly clear - it isn't girls' moms who drove the change.  Rather BSA leadership trying to adapt to shrinking scouting memberships.  This is all on them.
- Girl Scout leader and mom to a son who did 4 months of Cub Scouts and quit[/quote]

yes, if there were enough boys, then the organization wouldn't have made this move.  But there aren't enough boys who are interested, and the organization wants to continue to exists. Everyone who is complaining about this would rather see the boy scouts go belly up or scale back severly than admit girls?  We have a boy scout and a girl scout.  They are VERY different programs. So far my crafty, non-outdoorsy girl doesn't want to switch but I am happy a girl who wants the boy scout program can get it now.[/quote]

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