"Ideally, I believe the Boy Scouts should go back to being the Boy Scouts as originally founded, a group that develops boys into men. Maybe someday. He accused the Scouts of promoting an insidious, radical, woke ideology that is anti-America and anti-American, and said they had lost their way by changing the organization's name and watering down the focus on God as the ruler of the universe."
"I knew in the meeting that my board, my organization, was not gonna make those changes. Scouting America CEO Roger Krone explained that the organization would not comply with Hegseth's demands to change its name back to Boy Scouts and remove approximately 200,000 young girls from its membership."
"The Pentagon's promise to reevaluate its relationship with Scouting in six months was nonetheless a retreat of sorts for Hegseth. Today's announcement came after word of Hegseth's plans to shun Scouting sparked weeks of backlash, including from some Republicans, with Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska calling the plans dumb."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to sever ties with Scouting America and remove the organization from military bases worldwide, then announced a six-month reprieve as an ultimatum for compliance with the Trump administration's anti-DEI agenda. Hegseth criticized Scouting America for changing its name from Boy Scouts, including girls in membership, and reducing emphasis on God. He advocated for the organization to return to its original male-only format. The announcement represented a partial retreat after weeks of backlash, including criticism from some Republicans. Scouting America's CEO indicated the organization would not comply with Hegseth's demands to remove girls or change its name back.
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