The BSA as a national organization is heavily influenced by the mormon church and various other good ol boys.

Hey now, I got my Eagle Scout a while ago. In my experience, the folks who I know who got Eagle were generally the overachievers or the folks who wanted to excel at something that didn’t involve sports. Lots of engineers and nerds, myself included. Of course, I don’t know any others in my area who also came out as…

I’m a high school debate coach and I was fascinated the first time I had kids on my team who were going for the Eagle Scout thing. I continue to be amazed that it is still a thing every year. These kids do so much extra and I. . . I don’t understand why?

While the Boy Scouts should be inclusive, we’ve known for a while now that it’s an organization run by a bunch of fucking bigots. I feel like a major bitch every time I politely decline buying popcorn or whatever terrible nonsense my friends’ sons are selling for the Boy Scouts, but there ain’t no way my money is…