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March 2019 – Boy Scouts of America is facing bankruptcy. BSA embarked on a downward spiral with its 2013 decision to welcome homosexual boys to its troops. Soon thereafter, it opened the door to homosexual leaders, and then quickly added girls to the mix.

In December 2018, BSA announced it would remove the word boy from its name and become Scouts BSA in February 2019.

Ironically, Girl Scouts of America has sued BSA for changing its name.

“Families have voted with their feet,” said Rob Swarzwalder, senior VP at Family Research Council. He said BSA membership dropped by almost one-third from 2014 to 2018.

In contrast, Trail Life USA (traillifeusa.com), a Christian scouting group for boys founded in 2013, is growing steadily, offering many of the same outdoor adventures and character development components once taught by BSA.

Trail Life CEO Mark Hancock ob-
served, “As organizations that help boys, we’re either going to bring clarity to that or we’re going to contribute to the moral confusion boys are experiencing.”

He attributes Trail Life’s 35% membership jump in 2018 to the group’s unapologetic Christ-centered mission.

onenewsnow, 12/28/18; stream.org, 12/16/18