WASHINGTON (AP) — Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday as he pushes a campaign against military support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Under Hegseth, the Pentagon has taken aim at the military’s partnership with Scouting America, decrying its historic rebrand in 2024 from the Boy Scouts and other changes in recent years that he sees as part of “woke culture” efforts that he wants to root out.
The U.S. military and the Boy Scouts have had longtime ties, including the military providing logistical support for the National Boy Scout Jamboree since its inception in 1937.
The military also has a long history of sponsoring Scout troops and activities on U.S. military bases and has maintained a strong relationship with the Eagle Scouts, whose members often enlist in the armed forces.
It’s really funny to me how the BSA Scouts are, at the same time, too conservative for liberals and too liberal for conservatives. Y’all need to touch grass.
Here’s what really happened: Hegseth blinked.
The dude clearly figured that he wasn’t getting the online traction with this that he wanted. So he farted out a stupid set of “demands” for the scouts to agree to. Ultimately very little in the program is changing. The scouts lose 1 merit badge and replace it with an elective badge. (The scouts aren’t going to start checking birth certificates at sign up. )
This is a win for the scouts. They change almost nothing, and Hegseth moves onto someone else to bully for internet points.
Great
You don’t even know what those are! 😂
People are so easily triggered by things online. Like, you have not spent 5 minutes in your entire life thinking about the merit badge requirements. But this article pops up and suddenly this is somehow important news for you.
Pretty sure I got one once. Involved being nice to people. Now decommissioned replaced with the newly popular Blood-for-Oil merit badge. Excellent leadership in action.
Yeah nothing affects me, I am a rock. I am an island.