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Finally catching up with the rest of the world. As a child in Canada, I was a member of the local Scout troupe which had quite a few girls in it. Definitely mad

Finally catching up with the rest of the world. As a child in Canada, I was a member of the local Scout troupe which had quite a few girls in it. Definitely made for a better, more balanced experience. We would make fun of the American troupes who weren't allowed to have any girls in them. Made no sense why not.

cr0sh 9y ago
> As a child in Canada...Made no sense why not. That's pretty much the answer right there. Something you have to understand about the BSA is just how deeply enmeshed religion - specifically Christianity (with a heavy leaning toward Protestantism) - is within the organization. One of the largest (if not the largest) chapters (?) of the BSA is run by the Mormon church (LDS), for instance. This is a nice step forward, and certainly unexpected, but they have more yet to go. For instance, the Girl Scouts allow transgendered individuals to join; I guess we'll see if the BSA ever allows that. Also - despite what another poster said earlier - the BSA is not friendly to atheists, whether they are children, parents of children, or as leaders. There are plenty of fairly recent incidents and announcements about that, just within the past couple of years, to attest to that stance.