Sad news indeed: BOY SCOUTS, POSSIBLE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY FILING--The Wednesday report comes in the wake of sinking membership and multiple controversies surrounding the 108-year-old organization, including sex abuse allegations and its controversial decision to change its program name from Boy Scouts to Scouts BSA and allow girls into that program.....Chicago law firm Sidley Austin has reportedly been hired to assist in what would be a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing....As the organization has made decisions deemed to be more inclusive, such as allowing openly gay scouts in 2013 and scoutmasters in 2015 as well as the 2018 decision to allow girls, membership has continued to decline sharply...read more at https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/12/boy-scouts-verge-bankruptcy/
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S-A-D in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteFor those who have asked what this means for Croton troops, please direct your questions to the troops in question.
ReplyDeleteFour generations of our family boys went all the way to Eagle Scout. All that is over now. What possessed them to do these things I will never understand.
ReplyDeleteThe goal was never to be inclusive. It was to destroy.
ReplyDeleteHas the local chapter made some sort of announcement?
ReplyDeleteNot to my knowledge but as always, you should direct your questions to the troops in question.
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