[21043] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Legislation or Other?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Yue)
Mon Jul 24 16:54:53 2000
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:44:42 -0400
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From: Kevin Yue <kyue@GLUE.UMD.EDU>
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> I would be very much in favour of such an amendment. Scouting is a
> worldwide co-ed movement. In some countries it is segregated by
> gender. We only have half of Scouting represented.
Do you realize that the BSA was founded on the basis of developing young
MEN? The point I'm trying to make with that statement is that the BSA
may be the first its kind in the world with Scouting, but when other
countries decided to develop their own scouting programs, they did it with
the vision of developing young people. The Boy Scouts of America are, and
it is in their policies, there to develop young MEN, which is the reason
why they are all-male (well, the direct Scouting line, not exploring or
venturing). This is one of the reasons the GSUSA came into existence. If
the BSA were just Scouts of America, then the GSUSA would probably not
exist.
the BSA is NOT segregating, just following their founding policies.
Kevin Yue
Epsilon Mu
