> 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 e

> 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.