Boy Scouts Open Doors To Transgenders
On Monday the Boy Scouts announced, “Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application.”
The move by the Boy Scouts is likely to receive a wide range of responses from the American public.
From The New York Post:
The Boy Scouts of America says it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys only programs.
The organization announced Monday that it had made the decision to base enrollment in boys only programs on the gender a child or parent lists on the application to become a scout. The organization had previously held a policy that relied on the gender listed on a child’s birth certificate.
A transgender child in Secaucus, New Jersey, was asked late last year to leave his Scout troop after parents and leaders found out he is transgender.
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— NewsBlurt (@NewsBlurt) January 31, 2017
Congrats. My sons and I will no longer participate or support the scouts in any way. We don’t want a social experiment. @boyscouts
— Chest Rockwall (@scaryebolr) January 31, 2017
Boy Scouts of America… RIP
— Niko V (@Niko0008) January 31, 2017
I feel bad for all the Boy Scouts who spent so much time to become an eagle scout and then the org makes a huge political statement
— Melissa Miller (@themelissamillr) January 31, 2017
Will those opposed to the Boy Scouts keeping “boy” in their name now also oppose the term “Eagle Scout” since the kids aren’t actual birds?
— Modern Trailhead (@ModernTrailhead) January 31, 2017
Nothing good will come out of the decision y’all just made @boyscouts
— Harrison Boyd (@BoydHarrison) January 31, 2017
My grandsons will not be Boy Scouts period don’t want them with mentally ill https://t.co/xGWohMWx9F
— Dennis Williams (@wanttruth) January 31, 2017
@michellevisage @boyscouts I’m so glad they’re adding mentally retarded children into their ranks also, how progressive 💝💖
— Trump’s Better (@patrockran) January 31, 2017
Boy Scouts of America – yet one more thing the liberals have destroyed
— Niko V (@Niko0008) January 31, 2017
I’m pretty disappointed in the boyscouts right now
— Matthew Cerracchio (@mcerr06) January 31, 2017
Wait…….. so are they still the Boy Scouts? https://t.co/rYgMilM7s5
— Kyle. (@KingKThom) January 31, 2017
Can’t wait til the Boy Scouts are all girls pretending to have penises. https://t.co/MqOVh15dee
— Optimus, Inc. (@Optimus_Inc) January 31, 2017
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just saying it now. I was in boyscouts. and I know how kids can be. I don’t think this will end well.— matt granville (@slayenemy909) January 31, 2017
@ABC22FOX45 No need to call them “Boy” Scouts any longer.
— Laird Baldwin (@DrLairdBaldwin) January 31, 2017
Hat Tip: Kozmicke