I was in scouting for many years. Why should they welcome anyone? I was permitted to join, onboarded, etc. Anyone else who joined was given the same treatmen

I was in scouting for many years. Why should they welcome anyone? I was permitted to join, onboarded, etc. Anyone else who joined was given the same treatment. The red carpet wasn't rolled out for anyone. It's religious only in a vague way. There was a religious requirement to get Eagle, but aside from that, my troop wasn't religious. My father wasn't religious and he was a scoutmaster. You sound like someone who has made a judgement based on what some people have chosen to highlight. With the same kind of attitude you might think you are in grave danger of getting killed at any moment in America (if you base your opinion on the US on naysayers). Certainly if what some higher ups decide about an org matters to you the most, you shouldn't join. Trump was elected president and lots of liberals found enough reason to still love America. In all seriousness, I learned a lot there. There are other orgs that can accomplish the same. You wouldn't believe how many people I run into today who can't even tie a couple of knots.