The Death of Canadian Scouting

This article is sort of old, and I am linking to FreeRepublic rather than MensNewsDaily because the article there was accompanied by some, well, rather male-oriented ads (that I would rather my children not see.) If you want to read the original article which is from August of last year, go to MensNewsDaily.com and search the archives for The Death of Canadian Scouting.

I have always admired the Boy Scouts because of the stand they take on God and on morality. The Scouts in Canada decided to be more inclusive, of everyone and every point of view, apparently, with disastrous results. Here is an excerpt from the article:

Scouts Canada's new non-discrimination code reads: "Scouting is a worldwide, multicultural movement. We welcome people to membership regardless of gender, race, culture, religious belief, sexual orientation or economic circumstances. Youth members are strongly influenced by the behavior of adults. We need to be sensitive to the traditions and beliefs of all people and to avoid words or actions which "put down" anybody."

And so, in its attempt to include everybody and everything, Scouts Canada is effectively dead.

Budgets have run dry. Troop halls and old campsites sit vacant. Professional staff salaries are severed. Membership is mostly decimated. In the past, membership roles consistently exceeded 300,000. Around the peak in 1965, there were 320,000 Boy Scouts. Today, despite a one third population increase in Canada over four decades and a doubling of the demographic possibilities (with female members), Scouts Canada has dwindled to a puny 130,000 and it is rapidly declining.

Click on the title to read the entire article, as well as FR comments. I am so appreciative of the Scouts in the USA and encourage everyone to continue to support them. They have taken a lot of flak for standing up for what is right and pursuing their mission. They need us to continue to stand with them, for there are those who would like to destroy them just as the Scouts in Canada have been destroyed.

---Katie