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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Boy Scouts Lose 425,000 Members After Announcing Name Change-Truth! & Unproven!

Summary of eRumor:

After announcing it would change its name to Scouts BSA and start welcoming girls, Boy Scouts lost 425,000 members in just over a week.
The Truth:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been one of the Boy Scouts of America’s biggest supporters over the year, with about 425,000 church members belonging to the group as of 2014. The church announced that it would sever ties with Boy Scouts of America in 2019 days after the name change.

These development led to reports that the Boy Scouts of America lost 425,000 members within a week of announcing that it was changing it’s name. That might not be the case, however. It’s not clear that all 425,000 Mormon boys will quit scouting — only that the church will no longer automatically enroll each boy who attends a Mormon church as a Boy Scout beginning in 2019.

And the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been discussing the possibility fo ending its relationship with Boy Scouts for years. In 2017, the church announced it would leave Boy Scouts of America teen programs — but denied that it was because of inclusiveness or LGBT issues. “The BSA has always allowed the Church to operate its programs in ways that are consistent with our standards and beliefs, and they have been very supportive,” the church said in a statement.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was their goal...They go after one segment of American identity at a time and destroy it.

Anonymous said...

Ha ha, you reap what you sow!

Anonymous said...

5:34 I am glad there are at least 2 people in this world who are not stupid after all!!! You and I!!!!!

Other people can;t seem to grasp what is truly goign on, and always resort to name calling or demonize someone for a subject they know absolutely nothing about, but claim they do becasue they watch the MSM who actually Flat out lies to their faces... That is hilarious...

Anonymous said...

Let boys join the girlscouts.

Anonymous said...

Well... there are 2.4 million boy scouts now. So, if they did loose all of those "enroll-ees" that would be a little less than 20% of the scouts.

I think this is much a-do about nothing. How many girls are actually gonna sign up? Who cares?

The big thing for scouts is to attain "Eagle", which proves they can not only accomplish a difficult task, but that they can contribute to their community. It helps with admissions into colleges, and with getting jobs.

There is no "Eagle" for girls, now is there? This simply removes the obstacle.

Not that big a deal. I see a bunch of puffery and grand standing about this.. but scouts have been declining for a long time. Hopefully this helps inject some new energy into it.