U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to “attack boy-friendly spaces,” according to documents reviewed by NPR.
In a draft memo to Congress, which sources shared with NPR but which has not yet been sent, Hegseth criticizes Scouting for being “genderless” and for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
The military has provided support to the Scouts for more than 100 years, assistance that was formalized in 1937. But in one memo, Hegseth says, “The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys.”
He’s mad they let girls in now. What a jackass.
I saw some girls I thought were selling Girl Scout cookies not too long ago, and was initially disappointed that they were actually in the organization previously called the Boy Scouts and were selling that nasty popcorn instead. But that was beat out by how cool it was seeing girls in the scouts.
Not cool enough to spend money on the popcorn tho. They really outta find something new to sell for fundraising. It sucked when I was a scout, too.