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From: Wendell Brown (wbrown@ARKIE.NET)
Date: Mon Jun 12 2000 - 11:31:05 CDT
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:10:18 EDT, Neil Lupton wrote:
>I would be very troubled if a woman were told "You are not permitted to be an
>assistant Scoutmaster anywhere." But I believe I would be equally troubled
>if a sponsor were told "You must accept this woman as an assistant
>Scoutmaster even though her serving in that position is contrary to your
>beliefs." A woman and a mother should be able to find a unit where she can
>participate as a leader if she so chooses and where her son will enjoy
>Scouting in that environment. It might not be the Troop which her son first
>joins. I do acknowledge that in a small town, particularly a one Troop town,
>things might get challenging.
While I agree that CO's are (and should be) able to set their own
leadership requirements, what happens if the Scout Master and Committee
Chair choose to implement their own STRICTER requirements? The CC
and/or SM (I don't remember) have to sign new leader apps, and if they
choose not to based strictly on gender, they can effectively block the
application from going to the CO. This isn't good for the unit and it
isn't right but it DOES happen and many of the scouters who are
rejected this way just go to a different unit instead of going to the
CO and attempting to get the person removed from office (which wouldn't
be good for the unit either).
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