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In reply to the discussion: NBC News: Boy Scouts Close to Ending Ban on Gay Members, Leaders [View all]Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)38. We just did our own group.
We came up with a name, made some t-shirts (the uniform is a big part of the allure!) and we'd take turns organizing activities through email. Often it was a monthly activity, ranging from just plain fun stuff (roller skating or marching in a local parade) to community service (food bank volunteering, pulling invasive plants from a state park) to educational ("brain fair" at a local science museum), etc. Every holiday season we'd get toys and presents and food together for a family or two in need.
However, if you prefer an established, co-ed group, I've heard good things about the group Camp Fire. http://www.campfire-usa.org/
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I don't have children but I have insisted that family members with sons do just as you have done
Blasphemer
Jan 2013
#76
The proposal would not leave the decision to the units, but to the chartering organization.
Xithras
Jan 2013
#90
Here you go - Catholic and Mormon bigots won't change. No hope for Arizona Scouting.
dbackjon
Jan 2013
#93
They would just be following President Obama's lead on Gay Rights being a local issue
dbackjon
Jan 2013
#18
Many of us involved in scouting have LONG said that this was a simple compromise.
Xithras
Jan 2013
#10
I'd never participate in an organization that had an official no gays/no atheists policy, though.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2013
#70
"other organizations have threatened to withdraw their financial support if the BSA drops the ban."
KamaAina
Jan 2013
#27
One of the New York Councils has stated that it was ignoring the national policy
Gothmog
Jan 2013
#54