Despite Pentagon order, Brookline Scouts embrace an inclusive troop

Despite Pentagon order, Brookline Scouts embrace an inclusive troop

As patrol leader of Brookline’s Troop 6, 16-year-old Daphne Spunt guides her fellow Scouts through the presentation of the U.S. flag, the Pledge of Allegiance and the recitation of the Scout Oath. It’s an inherently patriotic thing, Spunt said of Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts. “What other institution does the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag?” she said. “We represent America.”  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Scouting …