JustanMBC

From the Office Hours discussion, it looks like the basic merit badge may not change much, but for scouts whose "family or religious principles" run contrary to some of the contents, "There will always be an alternative for them to do, or just things for them to consider." How is that going to work? (Particularly since this is a "classroom"-style merit badge).

With regard to religious COs that adhere to more traditional moral beliefs, the main issue obviously is going to be with the sexual orientation and gender identity components of the D&EI requirements. Given that the original stated idea behind the DE&I endeavor was "BSA's commitment to act against racial injustice" (6/15/20 ScoutingWire statement), the inclusion of other areas of diversity/inclusion was perhaps a bit of scope creep that might have been avoided. But now that the draft requirements are out there publicly, it will be difficult (impossible?) for BSA to scale back to its