Scouting America said it had staved off a demand from the Pentagon to ban girls from the organization and change its name back to Boy Scouts of America.
  • Fondots@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m an eagle scout, and I’ve been following this story.

    I’m going to be returning my medal as soon as I find a good mailing address that gives it the best chance of it landing on Roger Krone’s desk.

    I’ve been in touch with every eagle I know. A good handful of them are on-board with sending their medals back as well. Most of the rest of them are at least going to be writing letters and doing whatever else they can to draw some attention to this.

    Look, in the grand scheme of things, the changes they’ve agreed to change little to nothing about the scout program.

    But if they caved once, that just means that hegseth is just going to try again, and they’ll probably cave in next time too. And the next time.

    I’m not doing it lightly, I’m damn proud of my eagle scout award, that goofy little medal ranks among my most priced possessions.

    But after a couple more rounds of this bullshit, they’re going to twist scouting into something I’d no longer want to identify with, so one way or another my days of being proud of that medal are coming to an end.