Boy Scouts Expectations

The article “Boys Scouts Should Not Backtrack on Its Values” by Mathew Staver states about allow homosexual Scouts and Scoutmasters among their ranks. The author is conservative, with outdated beliefs and xenophobic mind. He states if they open places in Scouts for homosexual people “The Scouts would become a sham.” (Mathew Staver, 16) using an event dated in 1999 which in Canada when the Scouts opening positions for homosexual people their membership start fall and disagreeing on allow homosexuals.

In “Girl Scout’s project provides hope through hoops,” author Bill Plaschke argues that this half of a basketball court that Girl Scout, Claire Dundee, constructed outside of a Door of Hope apartment complex for women and their children who have been left homeless due to domestic violence is the reason for the kids who live there to have hope and something to look forward to every day. According to him, this basketball court is the kid’s private refuge, a place where they can go after school or on weekends and just let loose and bond with one another. Plaschke makes his first point by mentioning how these kids that live in this apartment complex really weren’t allowed outside before due to security reasons and not having a safe and reliable

On June 28, 2000, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 ruling that the Boy Scouts of America could prohibit gay men and boys from gaining membership. This case came about when James Dale, assistant Scoutmaster to Troop 73 of New Jersey, was notified that his adult membership to the Boys Scouts of America was revoked based on the fact that his sexual orientation was viewed as inconsistent with the Boy Scouts of America’s values by Monmouth Council Executive, James Kay.

One major controversy in effect today is whether girls should be allowed to join the Boy Scouts of America or should there be a distinct separation between the girls and boys. In the article, “Boy Scouts Face Renewed Push to Let Girls Join the Ranks” by David Crary, several girls across the nation have took it upon themselves to try and join the Boy Scouts of America. Some believe that girls should be able to join in order to gain the same scouting experience as the boys in the organization. Others including myself, believe that if the girl scouts aren’t happy with their scouting, they should take the initiative to make a difference in their own community.

I learned a sense of pride and that I had to work hard in order to be a productive citizen in this country (lessons that I seek to teach to my own children). So at the age of 15 I started working part-time at various restaurants after school and all those long weekends with my father restoring the cars that he purchased to repair and resale. As I reached high school graduation, I did not have much help preparing for life after high school. I was not given information on finding work, much less advice on attending college and how to succeed there. I stumbled through a year of community college thinking I wanted to be a commercial pilot and working midnight to 6am. After a year of this and having earned a private pilots license, I decided to join the Marine Corps to be an Amphibious Reconnaissance Marine. It was the best decision that I could have

I sit around a table of familiar faces: my fellow scouters, good people I have known for almost twenty years. But the faces are contorted with anger, and their voices are filled with acrimony because of the issue being debated. Should girls be allowed to participate in all programs of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), allowing them to earn the Eagle Scout Award? I feel conflicted as a woman who has been denied entrance to an all-male organization, but my greatest concern is whether this will be the final blow to the integrity of a great American institution. Research about the origins of this controversy brought me to the story of Sydney Ireland, a girl from New York who has called on the BSA to end their discriminatory ban against girl

Boy Scouts of America: I have been involved with the scouting program since I was six years old, and continue to be actively involved. I currently working to the rank of Eagle Scout. I am currently the Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) of my troop, which includes running the weekly meetings, sending and creating the weekly agenda, updating our Troop website, and help plan Troop outings. On average I spend roughly 5 hours a week with doing activities that are involved with Boy Scouts.

Everyone has been not been included at some point in their lifetime, and it can be one of the worst things in the world. Suppose we were to create a secret society that everyone in this class can be apart of except ____________. That targeting is exactly what the Boy Scouts are doing when it comes to them targeting homosexual, agnostic, and atheist individuals. ___________ really wants to be in our secret society, just like so many boys wanting to join boy scouts around the world that are not given the opportunity. Boy Scouts try to cover up their discrimination by multiple philanthropic actions but overall they are jeopardizing their organization by excluding groups of people, creating controversy, and by going against their own honor code. The Boy Scouts of America believes that being homosexual, agnostic, or having any belief other than their own is untraditional and conveys the wrong message to the other boy scouts.

All across America, young men join together in a special organization called the Boy Scouts of America. Scouts from 1st grade to seniors in high school work toward a common goal: growing up into a functional, mature citizen and leader of the United States. I joined this great organization in 2006 as a Wolf Cub Scout and rose through the ranks to get into Boy Scouts in 2010. I didn’t know what to expect from such a widely popular, military-like group. Will I get pushed to my limit? How much can Scouts impact me? Is Cub Scouts like what others say?

Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth groups in the nation that is was well known and popular. But in recent years is has faced a decline in members and donors as American public gradually moved to support LGBT rights. The boy scouts policy did not support these rights so they attracted a lot of attention. I read that in 2012, perhaps in an attempt to reassure conservative church groups, the BSA forcefully reaffirmed its commitment to ban openly gay youth and openly gay adults from scouting. In response, LGBT groups escalated their campaign against BSA's discriminatory policies. Activists gathered thousands of signatures on petitions calling for an end to the gay ban. They called attention to many news stories of the BSA kicking

Standing in front of a bunch of kids, I found myself with the Boy Scout Handbook, the kids are screaming. They wanted to do literally anything other than sit and listen, but I had to teach them. A few years ago, being an older kid in my troop, from time to time, it was my job to teach a bunch of twelve year olds. In Boy Scouts, it is the job of the older scouts to teach the younger scouts how to be the next generation of Boy Scouts.

This Court recognizes the Boy Scouts as a public accommodation under New Jersey’s public accommodations law. The state’s definition of “public accommodation” is said to “include, but not be limited to,” more than 50 types of places such as summer camps and “any educational institution under the supervision of the State Board of Education, or the Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey.” As the Boy Scouts both own a multitude of summer camps and often use public locations (such as schools and churches) as meeting places, the statute applies. The Boy Scouts did not adhere to this law in revoking Dale’s membership and position as a Troop leader because the New Jersey statute prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

Throughout my high school career, I have continuously adhered to the qualities of participation, engagement and leadership through being a good citizen, and have not only begun to impact my local community, but also communities abroad in my state. Active involvement in The Boy Scouts of America has helped develop these qualities I hold and more. My volunteering in county-hosted Christmas events, multiple eagle projects, Brown Bag Ministry, street cleanup, student tutoring, technology assistance, and others has combined to over 160 total service hours in just the span of four high school years. Active citizenship continues to show me different ways of life in my own community and is illuminating. What it also creates is initiative. Through participation with my local fire department, I have been able to identify a need of my community and start to address it. I have volunteered my time for the fire department, and together with the Assistant Fire Chief, we are starting to create a new department website and digital

Let's go back to 2012, my freshman year. I was a typical teenage girl except there was something different about me, I was a Boy Scout. Not only was I a Boy Scout but I was the Vice President of Administration for my Crew. You're probably thinking to yourself how the heck did I get myself into that, you're probably wondering what made me so special to not only be in the Boy Scouts but to hold such an important position. Well I found out about the Venture Crew through my cousin and school, my cousin was in the crew and when I was a freshman she was diagnosed with cancer. When she shaved her head to beat the cancer the boys were so supportive and there for her that they shaved their heads as well, I knew I had to be apart of this. So I joined. I was very quite at the first meeting,

Let me start out my saying congratulations on being selected to keep your vigil. You are about to experience something that less than 100 people have experienced in the past 10 years within Unami. Another part about this experience is that the next few hours are time time for you to reflect on your scouting career and for all those who you have helped during it.