Reply #128: I was a den leader in Mexico, and if I had kids

[nadinbrzezinski]

they'd not join the BSA...

Why?

The US branch of the world movement has a few issues, like their stance on gays.

And the scout oath... Baden Powell insisted that God (a christian god mind you) was important for the development of a youth. We were a Jewish den, in a Jewish troop and we had a few kids who came from atheist families, so we asked the higher ups. We removed that part of the oath...

But in my experience most people do not even know the history of the world movement or the BSA. And as I said, if I had kids, they would not join the BSA. There are other groups... I have a problem with their issues with the gay for example.