Subj : Scouting America
To   : Dave Drum
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Wed May 08 2024 16:26:55

Hello Dave,

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 MP>> I think I was in about three years, never advancing beyond MP>Tenderfoot.
 DD> ;)

 MP>> In my case I enjoyed the Cub Scouts a lot more.  The one thing I
 MP>> enjoyed about Boy Scouts was summer camp at Camp Wildcat Hollow.  That,
 MP>> and the yearly trek to Land Between the Lakes.

 DD> Besides the "funny" leader there tended to be a lot of bullies who needed
 DD> taking down a peg (or two). My folks sent me to the local BSA summer camp
 DD> a Lake Springfield, Camp Illiniwek, where we slept in big, more-or-less
 DD> permanent tipi deals. That summer was in the middle of a drought and the
 DD> lake was reduced to a small strean a 12 year old could step across easily.

Thank God those "funny" leaders are no longer a part of that
misogynic organization. There should not be any discrimination
against any group of people in this country, including girls
and trans. Shame on those who support such organizations.

That is why the "Boy Scouts of America" no longer exists.
The president of that organization got rid of it. Along with
all of those who support scouting in America.

Imagine that. More inclusive. No longer "boys only". Welcoming
girls (and trans) throughout its ranks.

"In the next 100 years, we want any youth in Aericatofeel very,
very welcome to come into our programs."
~ Roger Krone, President of Scouting America

 DD> As it happened across the part of the lake where our boy's camp was there
 DD> were Camp Widgiwagen (Girl Scouts) and Camp Star of the Sea (Baptist
 DD> Church).

The BSA started a program allowing gay youth in 2013 and ended a
blanket ban on gay adult leaders in 2015. That should make you and
your church very proud. In 2017, it announced that girls would be
accepted into the Cub Scouts as of 2018, and into the BSA program
in 2019.

 DD> Some of us made the walk across the dry lake to both camps. Giving rise
 DD> to "Be prepared, it's the Boy Scouts march song. If you come across a
 DD> Girl Scout who is similarly inclined don't be frightened, don't be
 DD> flustered, don't be scared. Be Prepared"

Take your misogynetic views and shove it.

 DD> We were often in company of one of the camp counselors so we "got away"
 DD> with a lot - as he was "otherwise occupied" wit his opposite number at
 DD> that camp.  Bv)=

There is a reason why Scouting America does not want you or any of
your beloved "camp counselors" anywhere near our youth.

Crappy recipe deleted.

For Life,
Lee

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