Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to transgender@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 15 days agoPentagon Threatens To Cut Ties With Scouts Over Gender Inclusion And Social Justice Valuesgomag.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkPentagon Threatens To Cut Ties With Scouts Over Gender Inclusion And Social Justice Valuesgomag.comSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to transgender@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squarerenegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 days agoThey had ties to cut?
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·15 days agoA lot of Scout Troops are chartered by military units. Others are chartered by schools, churches, PTAs, social clubs or what have you. Mr Alpha Pete says that he doesn’t like girls or gays in Scouts, so he wants to stop the military from supporting Scouting.
minus-squarerenegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoThanks! I know very little about the Scouts, so I was confused. The article mentions the Jamboree, but not much else.
minus-squareJul (they/she)@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoThe original purpose, at least unofficially, was to raise boys to become soldiers, teaching skills needed like survival and propagandize for the military.
They had ties to cut?
A lot of Scout Troops are chartered by military units. Others are chartered by schools, churches, PTAs, social clubs or what have you.
Mr Alpha Pete says that he doesn’t like girls or gays in Scouts, so he wants to stop the military from supporting Scouting.
Thanks! I know very little about the Scouts, so I was confused. The article mentions the Jamboree, but not much else.
The original purpose, at least unofficially, was to raise boys to become soldiers, teaching skills needed like survival and propagandize for the military.