Boy Scouts

Before you celebrate how wonderful it is that the Boy Scouts are now accepting Girl Scouts, you might want to consider that while the Boy Scouts have an official policy against atheists and agnostics participating in scouting, the Girl Scouts are a secular organization. 

An estimated 20% of the Boy Scouts are estimated to be Mormons; individual troops are usually associated with churches.  Girls Scouts focus on social justice.  Boy Scouts were founded as a quasi-military organization.

In the last few years some conservatives have called for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies because Girl Scouts are too liberal.  The “acceptance” of girls by the Boy Scouts seems more like a P.R. move than a real change.  I hope the Girl Scouts don’t fall for it.