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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder why BSA wants to do this?  What do they see as the benefit?  Are their numbers dropping so significantly that they need to open this up? [/quote]

Some is probably general social pressure, but a lot is probably also financial. The Mormons have pulled out of supporting older scouts under the guise of developing their own programs more in keeping with their faith. The Knights of Columbus have also pulled support and are encouraging the scout groups they supported to reform as parish troops integrated with youth ministry activities. They need to make up those lost funding sources somehow, so their choices are either to align themselves more closely with Christian/conservative groups again (something they'd been moving away from in expanding their Duty to God activities to include people of all faiths, including those who don't observe any religion, and by becoming more open to gay and transgender members and leaders), or look to broaden their appeal to groups that historically have been turned off by this aspect of scouting. The groups that are going to embrace their move away from organized religion are the same groups that are going to be troubled by the single-gender nature of the organization, so they need to think about how they will respond to it.[/quote]

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