Why is My GIRL in BOY Scouts?

Rumors of the Boy Scouts going "woke" by including girls have been going around for a few years now - and I used to believe them. While the organization is certainly no longer a bastion of conservativism, the charge concerning the Scouting programs going co-ed is misinformed. Here I interview a Scout leader about the reality of girls in Scouting! "Beginning this fall, some Scouting America councils will participate in a combined troop pilot program that will allow linked troops to operate as a single unit for the 2024-25 school year. . . . Currently, Scouts BSA troops have two options: they can operate as a single-gender troop (either all girls or all boys), or they can operate as linked troops, in which one girls troop and one boys troop share the same committee and may share the opening of their troop meetings, but otherwise operate independently..." See https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2024/07/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-scouts-bsa-combined-troop-pilot-program/ for more! ----- LINKS TO FURTHER RESEARCH ----- History of Girls in Scouting - https://youtu.be/IeyPGhgIMc8 Scouting America Name Change - https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2024/05/07/what-our-organizations-name-change-means-and-doesnt-mean-to-scouts-and-leaders/ Scouting Around the World - https://scoutsmarts.com/scouting-around-the-world/ The Trouble With Girls in Boy Scouts (Backpacker.com)- https://www.backpacker.com/stories/the-trouble-with-girls-in-boy-scouts/ The BSA Expands Programs (Scouting.org)- https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BSA_Family-Entry-Fact-Sheet.pdf Welcoming Girls, Boy Scouts Program Is Now Scouts BSA (npr.org) - https://www.npr.org/2019/02/01/690024261/welcoming-girls-of-all-ages-boy-scouts-of-america-is-now-scouts-bsa Why Do the Boy Scouts Want to Include Girls? (theatlantic.come) - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/why-did-the-boy-scouts-decide-to-accept-girls/542769/ When the Girl Scouts Were Accused of Being Commies (jstor) - https://daily.jstor.org/when-the-girl-scouts-were-accused-of-being-commies/ Girls joining the Boys Scouts: How and Why Things Have Changed - https://www.ludlowcub.com/feature/2023/06/01/girls-joining-the-boys-scouts-how-and-why-things-have-changed/ Girl Scouts FAQ - https://www.girlscouts.org/en/footer/faq/social-isues-faq.html Girl Scouts Deny Taking Position on Abortion - https://thefishoc.com/articles/blogs/religion-today-blog/girl-scouts-deny-taking-position-on-abortion-despite-honoring-pro-abortion-campaign Missouri Right to Life Policy on Girl Scouts USA - https://missourilife.org/policies/girl-scouts-usa/ Girl Scouts, Why Not? - https://girlscoutswhynot.com/ Abby Johnson on GSUSA and Planned Parenthood - https://www.christianpost.com/voices/abortion-and-girl-scout-cookies.html Catholic Scouting Questions (USCCB) - https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/who-we-teach/youth/catholic-scouting-questions LIKE and SUBSCRIBE and CLICK the BELL for #camping, #hiking, #backpacking, and the gear that goes with it! Using these product links helps this channel grow at no cost to you. THANKS! GET MY FREE BACKPACKING CHECKLIST: https://www.BackcountryPilgrim.com/2021/03/12/hiking-backpacking-checklist MY HIKING GEAR: https://www.BackcountryPilgrim.com/my-hiking-gear BLOG - https://www.BackcountryPilgrim.com INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/backcountrypilgrim/ ----- MUSIC ----- Intro/Outro Music: "Happiness" Composer: Benjamin Tissot Standard License certificate #2232653 from bensound.com.