BSA is one of those organizations that I didn’t have any patience for in my youth - like my church, they struggled with the basic concept of equality. They claimed to care, but they just couldn’t quite bring themselves to treat non-males and queers equally. “The Boy Scouts are not for you” was the message, delivered as kindly as possible, and it’s one I received loud and clear as early as middle school.

It’s nice to think that maybe nowadays, kids can earn their eagle badge without having to feel like they’re buying into a hypocritically ‘morally straight’ organization. Or at least, they won’t have the same hesitation about it that I did 30 years ago.

(I’ve even heard they’ve officially cut back on all that weird Native American LARPing in Order of the Arrow)