The anti-gay policy was adopted by the BSA in the 1990's after a decade of pressure from the Mormon Scouts.
I was a young scout in 1978 when the Mormon scouting program was made to comply with the BSA's anti-discrimination policy based on race.
I became and Eagle scout prior to the BSA's adopting the anti-gay policy.
I started living the "A Scout Is Brave" part of the Scout Law at the age of 22, and came out of the closet. That is when I came out to the Scout Executive of my troop. I was dis-invited in any further scouting activity at that time. That was in the late 1980's, prior to the anti-gay policy.
Mormons make up 25% of chartering organizations in the BSA. And fully 45% of all troops/posts/packs are Mormon. They are famously anti-gay, and this explains part of the difficulty the BSA is having in modernizing it's policy position.
The anti-gay policy was adopted by the BSA in the 1990's after a decade of pressure from the Mormon Scouts.
ReplyDeleteI was a young scout in 1978 when the Mormon scouting program was made to comply with the BSA's anti-discrimination policy based on race.
I became and Eagle scout prior to the BSA's adopting the anti-gay policy.
I started living the "A Scout Is Brave" part of the Scout Law at the age of 22, and came out of the closet. That is when I came out to the Scout Executive of my troop. I was dis-invited in any further scouting activity at that time. That was in the late 1980's, prior to the anti-gay policy.
Mormons make up 25% of chartering organizations in the BSA. And fully 45% of all troops/posts/packs are Mormon. They are famously anti-gay, and this explains part of the difficulty the BSA is having in modernizing it's policy position.