Boy Scouts Controversy

er: Should girls be allowed into the boy scouts? In 2018, The Boy Scouts of America whom were founded in 1910 will navigate into uncharted waters and allow girls to join their 107-year-old club and no secret password in needed for entry. The BSA for short, was established to give boys and young men a place to together learn responsibility, self-reliance and participate in activities that enable them to develop the characteristics that would enable them to be community leaders, proud fathers and handy husbands. The prestigious honor to reach the level of Eagle Scout is well recognized and should be due to the long hours of hard work and dedication put into the achievement. However, girls and boys are fundamentally different and girls should not be allowed to join the ranks of the Boy

A valuable failure does not come with expectations. Nor does it come with pride or achievement. I myself witnessed my valuable failure in Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts requires a set of requirements and ‘reviews’ in order to climb the ranks. My valuable failure lay upon my Star rank.

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?

Girl Scouts is a program for girls from grades Kindergarten through 12th. There are many levels in Girl Scouts, based on age: Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette and Senior. Girl Scouts strives to make girls brave, strong, confident,

First of all, Scout is more a tomboy than a girl. Boys tend to live by the phrase, “Boys rule. Girls drool.” Scout expresses,” I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.” (45). This quote implies that Scout thinks girl things are bad and boy things are good. She has constantly been taught this. Scout believes she can avoid being a girl by not acting like one. Being a girl to Scout is more about what she does than what she is born with. Another example of Scout being more of a boy is how she reacts to the situation with Walter Cunningham and Miss. Caroline. In the text, Scout states, “Ah-Miss. Caroline? Miss. Caroline, he’s a Cunningham.” (22). The gender role of a girl would usually to sit back and watch everything go down. In Scout’s case, she is outspoken and has no filter. She has to tell Miss. Caroline what everyone else is thinking. It is in this sense and others that Scout challenges the traditional gender roles throughout the

This case deals with the Plaintiff's expulsion from his position as Assistant Scoutmaster in a Boy Scouts of America (henceforth called "BSA") troop due to his status as an active homosexual. Dale, the Plaintiff, was serving as an Assistant Scoutmaster in 1990, when, due to a local newspaper article, it was discovered by officials in the local Monmouth BSA Council that he was an active homosexual. A letter was sent to Dale by the Council, notifying him of their decision to revoke his membership in the organization. Dale sent a letter in response, asking why this action was taken. The Council then notified Dale that his homosexual activities made him ineligible for membership in the BSA, as well as making

My Supreme Court case is Boy Scouts of America v. Dale which took place in early 2000. James Dale was a member of the Boy Scouts and was in fact an Eagle Scout who got his membership to the Boy Scouts of America revoked when they found out that Dale was a homosexual and gay rights activist. Dale had been a boy scout his whole life, and happened to be an assistant scout master in New Jersey at the time that his membership was revoked. Basically this case was questioning whether or not an organization can be forced to accept a member into their home if their beliefs and daily manners go against the heart and sole nature of the organization.

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

In the court case of Dale v. The Boy Scouts of America, James Dale took the organization to court for revoking his Boy Scout membership for being openly gay. The Boy Scouts of America stated that homosexual conduct contradicted the morals the organization was attempting to teach its scouts (Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015) However, according to the New Jersey Public Accommodations Act, discrimination is prohibited in public places. This led us to the question of whether The Boy Scouts

(they’re ok because they don’t like jazz music). But, they see that ___________ is upset because we would not let him in and ____________ doesn’t want to get involved so she doesn’t join our group. That is a developing problem for the boy scouts. There have been multiple protests against the organization making people not want to join either because Boy Scouts goes against their beliefs, or because they simply don’t want to go through the hassle and don’t want to get involved.

One would be un-American if they believe in not allowing homosexuals to join the Boy Scouts of America. Effectively on 1 January 2014 ends a one hundred year old ban on allowing openly homosexuals to join the Boy Scouts of America, which is causing a lot of ruckus within the Boy Scout community. That being the case, some of the older generation Boy Scouts are resigning from the scouts and others are accepting the newer generation with open arms. Since, society is changing and accepting the homosexual race, so should the Boy Scouts of America, basing it on the separation of church and state, it’s racist and equal rights.

They are like the Boy Scouts except the Boy Scouts attempt and practice more "manly" activities like fire building and rifle shooting while the Girl Scouts focus on the more "woman" side of things like knitting, first aid, and managing money. This is what sparked the movement for the introduction of women into the Boy Scouts. The girls wanted to do things like build shelters and make fire. This leads you to think that Girl Scouts would be happy with the changes, but it is quite the opposite. The Girl Scouts want girls for the same reasons that Boy Scouts want boys. They need to be around the same gender to feel comfortable being themselves. Instead of allowing girls into the Boy Scouts, The Girl Scouts should work to encompass all the needs of their members, and that’s exactly what they did in order to counteract the assault by the Boy Scouts. "Girl Scout leaders said they were blindsided by the move, and they are gearing up an aggressive campaign to recruit and retain girls as members. That includes 23 new merit badges focusing on outdoors and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)" (Harrison 1). This act of social justice has done nothing to help the girl youth of America. Its only made the situation more political and has brought down this burning web of social change onto the young citizens of America. The social pressures that social justice claim to relive are only added upon when we force our youth to think about such rudimentary and absurd things like if they need to sacrifice what they want in order to be fair to every last irritated parent. Do we really want our future leaders to be so conscious of their actions that they can't do anything in fear of offending someone? " "See this badge?" a future Scout may say. "Got that for helping a little old person across the street." You mean a little old lady? "Nuh-uh. See this badge? That's for not misgendering." Great.

Facts of the case: In 1978, James Dale joined Monmouth Council Cub Scout Pack 142. He continued participating in the Scout program, eventually attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in 1988. After Dale turned 18, he applied for and was accepted to the appointment of Assistant Scoutmaster to Troop 73. In 1989, Dale began attending College at Rutgers University. After coming out as gay, he became very involved in the local LGBT community; utilizing his position as co-president of the Rutgers Lesbian/Gay Alliance to raise awareness about issues affecting LGBT youth. After his opinions were published in a local newspaper in July of 1990, Dale was dismissed from the Scouts. Monmouth

Another contrast between Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are the most noteworthy honors that a scout can be awarded. While being in any of these two Scouting organizations, a scout can earn numerous awards. The highest award that a scout can be presented with, nonetheless, differs between organizations. In Boy Scouts, the highest achievement a Boy Scout can receive is an Eagle Scout. Rather than an Eagle Scout being an award, it is the highest position in the rank system. Becoming an Eagle Scout takes much work and dedication to the organization. One receiving this award will have to meet several requirements. One must show that they are progressing in the program through their “leadership, service, and outdoor skills” (Trail to Eagle). Moreover, in order to become an Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must first move forward in the ranking system. Although there are more than 130 merit badges that a Boy Scout can receive, they must earn 21 to be eligible become an

What is fair in the sense of gender rights, equality, and opportunity? Who can say what rules, policies, and groups in general that have gender specific classifications are fair? These are the original counterparts to questions asked by many shocked Americans as they hear the controversial statement that girls will be allowed into the Boy Scout program. Scouting in America is over a century old. It was invented by a British soldier called lord Baedan Pal. He founded the Boy Scouts in 1910 as a way to train young boys to join the army by teaching them basic skills. Later on, in 1912 a similar organization, the Girl Scouts of America formed based on the ideas of the Boy Scouts. Now the very fundamentals and balance of the Scouting Programs are