cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20749204
Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There’s a lot I don’t like about the organization, but this is something a love–a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As well as ending the cultural appropriation of Native American peoples.
May this organization continue to build up youth, never allow further violence against youth, and make amends for all the wrongs. There’s a lot of good that comes out of organizations like this and I won’t discount it even though it’s riddled with a dark history.
In theory, maybe. Many troops have meetings at church facilities where the local church beliefs are treated as superior to others. The second troop I was in had meetings at a Methodist church and there was bullying from two scouts working on their service projects for Eagle toward a Roman Catholic kid, for “worshipping saints.” Bringing it up to the Scoutmaster, who was the father of one of them, responded with the “don’t be a snitch” lecture. Eagle is supposed to be the point where you’re a pillar of your community, and both of those kids became Eagle scouts. “Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind,” just 1/3 of the scout laws right out the window with no repercussions.