Openly gay Scout leaders difficult to promote their agenda?
Are you joking?
You don't think the ACLU, EEOC, Gay Pride groups, DOJ! Hollywood homos won't be all over this once they are established in the BSA?
Once in place any critism of an openly gay Scout Leader will br labled a hate crime and the lawsuits will start. Openly gay Scout leders will be members of a "protected group" and will be untouchable and will be free to promote any agenda they want. The good scouts will quit and BSA as we know will be destroyed.
You can bet there will be diversity, LGBT manadtory merit badges in order to promote to Eagle Scout.
History has proven this time and time again.
Scouts mandate training called Child Protection.
As part of the training you are taught as a scoutmaster or scout leader that under no circumstances are you to ever be alone with a scout or allow any adult to be alone with a scout - not even a situation where you are waiting around for parents to pick up a scout and it you are there with the last scout at the end of the meeting. We are so serious about this that we don't even allow a parent to share a tent with their child during a campout.
I can't speak for any troop other than mine but we are VERY serious about enforcing this rule. No parent or any adult can attend a camp out without completing this training.
When we do go camping , no adult is allowed in a tent. As an adult, I can't even look in a scouts tent unless its a medical emergency.
All scouts must use the buddy system when going to a bathroom (or anywhere for that matter) away from camp or even a troop meeting.
We also have mandated ratios where there are adults /kids on meetings and campouts.
Also, as part of earning the scout badge, parents must discuss the child protection training with their child and sign their name to a booklet that is provided in the scout handbook.
Finally, to earn Tenderfoot, (the second rank that most scouts earn within 3 months of joining) they must have a discussion about child predators and inappropriate behavior.
Finally, as a scoutmaster I have to complete 3 different scout training activities before I earn the "trained" badge I wear. All 3 address appropriate and allowed behavior with scouts. Every 2 years ( I think) I have to retake that training.
All I can say is if your child is in my troop or any troop that adheres to the guidelines set forth by Scouting, there is virtually no chance of abuse.
I also believe that it would be difficult - not impossible but difficult for a homosexual to promote a gay agenda. Tolerance? absolutely but a pro homosexual agenda?
If it did happen, it would be the fault of the parents as much as the scout leadership.
