Boy Scouts mistake unmitigated gall for courage

When it was discovered in 2000 that the Boy Scouts of America were cooking their enrollment books, the major news media, for the most part, ignored it. To my knowledge, only Rolling Stone did an in-depth piece on the scandal. Now, here it is, 2005, and after multiple promises that there would be no more hanky-panky, it turns out the Boy Scouts are at it again, this time in Atlanta. The Atlanta-area group has inflated its number of African American scouts in a program for inner-city youth.

Boy Scouts of America has gotten away with discrimination against gays, despite the fact that the organization is largely funded by churches, especially the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and would fold without their financial support. It has also gotten away with continually lying about its membership in order to receive funding.

A Boy Scout is supposed to be trustworthy, kind, and clean of mind. The leadership certainly isn't doing much by way of example.