There is no more honor in being a Scout.

As of a few days ago, following pressure by the Department of Defense, the Scouts of America caved - and followed delusional "news" anchor Pete Hegseth's demands. The following will now get you kicked out of Scouts:
Being trans
Being a girl
Being gay
Being non-binary, even if at birth.
Which, by the way, means that I will get kicked out of Scouts if certain things are discovered about me.
But that's fine.
Because there is no more honor in being a Scout.
A scout is friendly. A scout accepts people no matter what they are.
Trans, female, gay, non-binary, whatever they are.
A scout is kind. A scout treats people with respect no matter what they are.
But these recent changes completely undermine the values of scouting.
Another one of Delusional Hegseth's demands are that they must remove the Citizenship in Society merit badge, a badge about inclusion and diversity. It will be replaced with a Military Service merit badge.
It is no longer the Scouts.

@charcole
This shit is why scouts shouldn't be connected to the government
Because children shouldn't be used to push politics
@flareProto They're saying that Scouts is a "pipeline into the military" but that's just plain wrong. The Scouting tagline isn't "Prepared for the military" it's "Prepared for Life" - Scouts is about preparing you for life, not the military.
@charcole
Exactly
It just looks like they are turning the scouts into another version of the cadets(basically military for kids)