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Ping Tung

(4,370 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:49 AM Nov 2025

NPR: U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'

So, now, the Manly MAGA Men are now frightened of the Vicious Boy Scouts of America? What next The Begonia Lovers Garden Club? PTA?


https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5615164/pentagon-scouting-hegseth-cut-ties

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to "attack boy-friendly spaces," according to documents reviewed by NPR.

In a draft memo to Congress, which sources shared with NPR but which has not yet been sent, Hegseth criticizes Scouting for being "genderless" and for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

The military has provided support to the Scouts for more than 100 years, assistance that was formalized in 1937. But in one memo, Hegseth says, "The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys."

The proposal calls for the Pentagon to no longer provide medical and logistical aid to the National Jamboree, which brings in as many as 20,000 scouts to a remote site in West Virginia. It also states that the military will no longer allow Scout troops to meet at military installations in the U.S. and abroad, where many bases have active Scout programs.

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NPR: U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' (Original Post) Ping Tung Nov 2025 OP
You mean, the Scouts aren't offering merit badges... regnaD kciN Nov 2025 #1
What does that even mean? Figarosmom Nov 2025 #2
Why does this... littlemissmartypants Nov 2025 #3
I'm surprised that Hegseth is cutting ties with the BS. no_hypocrisy Nov 2025 #4
because Scouts admits girls now eShirl Nov 2025 #5

regnaD kciN

(27,639 posts)
1. You mean, the Scouts aren't offering merit badges...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:57 AM
Nov 2025

…in Binge Drinking and Sexual Assault?

Figarosmom

(11,989 posts)
2. What does that even mean?
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:49 AM
Nov 2025

They are going gender free to expand because fewer kids are joining these organizations. It's called survival.

littlemissmartypants

(33,588 posts)
3. Why does this...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 05:12 AM
Nov 2025

Make me think that the reinstituting and enforcement of selective service, mandatory military service, military conscription is on the horizon?

no_hypocrisy

(54,908 posts)
4. I'm surprised that Hegseth is cutting ties with the BS.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 05:22 AM
Nov 2025

This organization is wholly theistic and that would fit in with the Christian Nationalist agenda. Your boy can't join unless he professes a belief in God. Atheists, agnostics, humanists are not welcome.

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