Comments on: Boy Scouts Allowing Girls Will Help ‘Build Respect’ Between Genders

By: jANET

jANET — Sat, 05 May 2018 21:00:13 +0000

WRONG!!! On so many levels.

Camping out,using facilities that are all gears for males.

Why do adult females feel that children feel as they do about equality.

Most of Scouts entering have no clue

By: Ron Leighton

Ron Leighton — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:07:49 +0000

In reply to Bahlk. I think the Boy Scouts should have communicated more closely and openly with the Girl Scouts about this change. Possibly reasons could have been explained where the Girl Scouts would support this change rather than seeing the Boy Scouts as encroaching upon their membership base.

By: Tom Bishop

Tom Bishop — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:01:28 +0000

This is an excellent advancement for the scouting program, however, the Girl Scouts are not responsible for that statement that “the Boy Scouts house is on fire”. The ABC News article fails to source the statement, which originally appeared in an opinion piece on Huffington Post by Charles Garcia, a recently-elected board member of the Girl Scouts. The piece he wrote has already been redacted.

By: Bahlk

Bahlk — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:57:00 +0000

I was happy to see the news report as well! Great change of direction! I’m hoping my girls take an interest.

Reading one of your comments, I did a double take, though.

“Will we have to discourage our boys from making certain kinds of jokes or acting a certain way in front of the girls? Yes…”

Why should anything have to change? Shouldn’t the standards to which we currently hold scouts ensure that anyone that participates would feel respected and welcome? The jokes or actions that could be disrespectful or demeaning should already be actively discouraged. Correct?

After all, a scout is …