FROM THE MAILBOX; HOW WILL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HANDLE NEW BOY SCOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY REQUIREMENT?

In light of recent news--see below---and rumors that this policy was forthcoming---we are once again getting questions about how this affects local troops, some of which are sponsored by houses of worship.  We can only suggest that you address these issues directly with the specific troop you have an interest in.  However, should you locate online statements, we will be happy to publish verifiable links.  

BOY SCOUTS ANNOUNCE NEW CRITICAL RACE REQUIREMENT--SPENCER LINDQUIST--

EXCERPT: One such resource is the “All My Relations” podcast, which focuses on the Native American experience and features episodes titled “Decolonizing Sex,” “Celebrate Indigenous Peoples, Not Columbus,” and “Indigiqueer.” Flag folding is so last year. What we really need are Eagle Scouts who understand the Native American LGBT sexual experience!

.................Those who hope to find a place that’ll encourage the virtuous masculinity that so often finds itself the target of our mainstream culture have been left with a dwindling set of options. 

My family intended to guide my formation as a young man and instill traditional values when they put me in Cub Scouts in the first grade, supporting me all the way until I earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 2018. It worked. 

The time I spent in Scouting certainly contributed to my sense of what is required of me as a man; to act on the moral duty I have to our nation, be capable of self-reliance, abide by the virtues that I believe come from a divine origin, and attain the skills that are needed to care and provide for those around me. 

Despite the role scouting has had in my life, I’ve found myself coming ever closer to recanting the resounding “yes” I offered to my Scoutmaster when, at the very end of my interview leading up to earning my Eagle Scout, he asked me if I thought I’d one day want to put my sons in what still could then be accurately called the Boy Scouts of America.  MORE AT https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/05/boy-scouts-continue-their-decline-into-wokeness-with-new-critical-race-theory/