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Originally Posted by Billy L-bach
For TRUE equal treatment, we need to start seeing some BoyScout cookies...
...why should the girl scouts get to monopolize the cookie market
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Why not let the gay boys join the Girl Scouts.
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Originally Posted by ddoering
Think of all the new merit badges that can be instituted...........
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As for the new merit badges, a few have been suggested.
Tent Decorating
Creative Campsite Landscaping
Prairie Flower Arranging
Cast Iron Tofu Cooking
French Cheese Preservation on the Trail
Bear Whispering
How to Remotely DVR the Bravo Channel
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Originally Posted by Pete
I think a number of parents who have kids in Scouting would be more than a bit uncomfortable sending the lad off to the woods with a gay adult who has no kids in the program.
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The BSA basically kicked this down to the local council level to let them decide. However, your post is pretty much spot on in that it would be very difficult for an adult without a child in the organization becoming a leader or volunteer. The most likely scenario I can think of is a gay couple with a child (adopted or such) that wants to put them in the organization....but how likely is that really?
The other issue is that if a scout grows up in the program only to decide at 16 or 18 that they are gay, the organization will not deny continued advancement or participation.