MileHighYo saidI wouldn't want to be involved as a leader because there is just too much potential for wrongful accusation. If someone accuses you of rape or molestation, you're going to be perceived as a rapist or molester regardless of innocence or guilt. That's just the world we live in. You really have to CYA, which would be hard under some circumstances.
I have immense respect for my scout leaders from when I was growing up, and I want to be supportive of the organization overall. I advocated for the acceptance and inclusion of gay scouts, and I will for gay leaders when they address that issue in the future. Society needs to change, but that won't happen overnight. I think they will be allowed eventually, but I don't think it's realistic to expect them to embrace it yet. Soon, but not yet.
Meanwhile, I can still be supportive of the young scouts via fundraisers and upholding the overall values that they taught me. It's a good organization. It's just that some overly socially conservative people are trying to use it to further their own objectives while disregarding its less convenient main purposes.
"I wouldn't want to be involved as a leader because there is just too much potential for wrongful accusation. If someone accuses you of rape or molestation, you're going to be perceived as a rapist or molester regardless of innocence or guilt. That's just the world we live in. You really have to CYA, which would be hard under some circumstances."
There's a good pun in the above somewhere.
I agree and I was in the entire way from Cub Scouts on. After all, it was where I learned to shoot, thanks to volunteers from the NRA.
And I agree that it's just too risky for a homosexual adult male unless maybe they had a son or so in the same troop.
Again, I don't know what the ultimate answer will be.