Decision delayed

[NJCubScouter 1389]

The BSA has delayed a decision on the membership policy issue until May:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/boy-scouts-delay-decision-admitting-gays-153238089.html

 

I fear they have created a huge mess by creating the expectation that a decision was going to be made this week, and then delaying it -- unless all sides wait with calm and patience for the decision, but that's not what I predict.

[Merlyn_LeRoy 72]

My groundhog predicts 16 more weeks of bickering.

[Get Outdoors 15]

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[Tampa Turtle 1011]

Wow, National never disappoints me in its capacity to rise to new levels of disappointment. These guys--and the board--are professionals? A total cock-up. The worst of both worlds--just anger both sides. Can we just resolve this and move on?

[Get Outdoors 15]

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[Tampa Turtle 1011]

Sorry for the HTML--I am having a hard time with this new software. No emphasis implied.

[Get Outdoors 15]

Is anyone surprised by them not making a decision...business as usual. Why do we, the heart and soul of the BSA put up with this kind of stuff. Can we fire these bums?

[Kahuna 172]

I'm afraid you guys are exactly right. This was a very ill-informed move on the part of the BSA. All of us are hanging by our thumbs now and fielding questions we don't have the answers to.

[ghjim 76]

If I am following all of this correctly, at least we have a survey of the council positions, something I have never seen before.

[NJCubScouter 1389]

Yes Kahuna, and in my troop's case I am expecting some pointed questions from our CO, in particular.

[Merlyn_LeRoy 72]

Sorry for the HTML--I am having a hard time with this new software. No emphasis implied.

Copy-pasting adds the unparsed squarebracket-HTML; you can re-edit your old post and remove it.

[John-in-KC 310]

No matter how you feel on the issue, Merlyn nails it for the win.

 

This may be the only time ever I agree with you, Merlyn.

[scoutingagain 20]

Agreed. Hugh PR mess. This keeps the spotlight on the BSA on this issue for months. Both sides will harden their positions and make the ultimate decision more difficult to take for either side. Makes a schism in scouting more likely than less.

 

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[Sentinel947 1204]

Again the BSA cannot seem to handle issues. It made it seem as if a final decision was imminent, and then kicked the can. It would have been better served to have no floated the trial ballon and done things quietly. Hopefully with a few more months to think about it they will make the best possible decision. In the meantime, they've failed to solve any of the issues at hand.

[Tampa Turtle 1011]

Scoutingagain is correct--it will only make things worse.