I watched the original interview and the article leaves out that all of this was said in a very light-hearted and facetious manner. He wasn’t seriously complaining about not being recognized. He was joking about it. I have fairly neutral opinions regarding Bacon but the article sort of misrepresents the interview.

I was a Boy Scout from age 8 to 18. By 13 I was begging my Mormon parents to let me quit, largely due to severe bullying, the worst of it being from the sons of the Scoutmaster and Mormon Bishop. But BSA was the “official youth activity of The Church” for boys so I was forced. Finally they agreed that if I earned…