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Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the Pentagon
The rollout affects about 15,000 attendees and follows a Pentagon warning that it could end military support unless Scouting America changed course.
- Scouting America eliminated dedicated community spaces for LGBTQ+ scouts, women, and scouts of color at the 10-day National Jamboree in West Virginia, which ends Friday.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth targeted the organization over what he calls "woke" policies, threatening to end the Pentagon's century-old partnership if Scouting America did not refocus away from diversity initiatives.
- Assistant scoutmaster Samuel J. Aronson stated "Scouting fundamentally is a safe place for young people to have fun," arguing the removal of inclusive areas denies that safety to thousands of young people.
- A memo obtained by activist James Dale revealed the Pentagon will monitor compliance through "periodic touchpoints and meet," though the two organizations have provided conflicting accounts of the agreement.
- John Andrew Segebarth, a 21-year-old Eagle Scout, called the reversal "disheartening," while Scouting America maintains it remains "fully committed to welcoming and serving all youth.
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Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the Pentagon
One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces from the Pentagon to pull back diversity efforts.
·New York, United States
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James Dale fought for years for gay inclusion in the Scouts. Now he’s taking on Pete Hegseth.
James Dale’s current battle to ensure trans kids are welcome in Scouting America really started 26 years ago, when his soul was crushed after he lost a separate 10-year legal battle for gay equality. In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America, as it was called at the time, could legally ban Dale from being a troop leader because he was gay. The 5-4 ruling leaned on the First Amendment’s right to expressive association and a…
·San Francisco, United States
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