Why my family is quitting the Boy Scouts
“Now, however, open homosexuality will be officially consistent with the Scouting code throughout a Boy Scout’s life until the moment he turns 18, when it suddenly becomes a problem. (The Scouts maintained its ban on openly gay leaders.) How does that make any sense?”
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“In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: “What would Christ have done?” Then do it-as nearly as you can.”
[Todd Wood] Paul, thanks for the info. Andrew, thanks for the link to Rick.I am considering just having our Troop 370 go rogue in 2014. Unchartered. Unregistered. Unfettered to national headquarters.
Interestingly, all of the representatives of the massive Grand Teton Council here in the Intermountain West voted no on the new policy.
A front page article of our local newspaper today is highlighting one of our Idaho Sheriffs dropping his office’s BSA charter because of the violation of state sodomy laws.
Todd, maybe you and the others at GTC (and I know you aren’t all IFB guys out there) should pull out and start your own org. Sounds like you’ve already got the infrastructure in place and there’d be enough support to do so.
This is an interesting topic, and we’ve started quite a few ‘men development programs’ in our church lately, one of which is kind of like Scouts but not as formalized yet…it’s kind of a blend between the scouts and a teen men’s group.
I seem to recall hearing something about a program named ‘Royal Rangers’ - are they still around? Any good?
"Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." - David Wells
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