Correct me if I am wrong, but the basic understandings of the scouting movement don't indicate that we should exclude homosexuals. We have indeed four to five gay members in our local group. It may be that the Boy Scouts of America have their own policies on that. But please don't reduce the global scouting movement to just the US. There's more to scouting than just the american understanding.
and atheists, who are taught only where the door is.
The basic rules for scouting say that "you should have a god". The definition of "god" is left out here. Everyone who joins the scouts should fill this definition for him/herself. Again, the Boy Scouts of America have their own way of setting priorities and interpreting this rules. On the one hand the rules of scouting say that you should respect other cultures and believes and that you should have an open mind for everyone. On the other hand, God is present in our oath and also in our basic rules.
I am not very happy with the BSA, because I believe that scouting should be open for everyone - everywhere. Please have a look at the scouting for all initiative if you'd like to read more!
Just to clear things up: I am not an American, I am living in Austria (a small country in Europe, in cause you don't know it).
Being a member of the scouts and an activist for the piracy movement all at once I don't welcome the decision of the BSA to join forces with the MPAA/RIAA/whatever. Scouting is ment to communicate, exchange and explore culture on an international level. The reason why the scouts could become such a huge movement was - and ever will be - cooperation and communication with other people in other regions/countries.
Killing down ways to freely (and anonymously) share our culture is in no way compatible with even the most basic ideas of scouting, as I see them.
Everyone can rest assured that we scouts are free human being who were taught to think for themselves. We believe in critical thinking, at least most of us do.
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The basic rules for scouting say that "you should have a god". The definition of "god" is left out here. Everyone who joins the scouts should fill this definition for him/herself. Again, the Boy Scouts of America have their own way of setting priorities and interpreting this rules. On the one hand the rules of scouting say that you should respect other cultures and believes and that you should have an open mind for everyone. On the other hand, God is present in our oath and also in our basic rules. I am not very happy with the BSA, because I believe that scouting should be open for everyone - everywhere. Please have a look at the scouting for all initiative if you'd like to read more! Just to clear things up: I am not an American, I am living in Austria (a small country in Europe, in cause you don't know it).
Being a member of the scouts and an activist for the piracy movement all at once I don't welcome the decision of the BSA to join forces with the MPAA/RIAA/whatever. Scouting is ment to communicate, exchange and explore culture on an international level. The reason why the scouts could become such a huge movement was - and ever will be - cooperation and communication with other people in other regions/countries. Killing down ways to freely (and anonymously) share our culture is in no way compatible with even the most basic ideas of scouting, as I see them. Everyone can rest assured that we scouts are free human being who were taught to think for themselves. We believe in critical thinking, at least most of us do.