An Atheist Mothers Depressing Journey With the Boy Scouts

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11. It's both

Baiden Powell is looked up to and his flaws are often overlooked. In my area the the reverence he was paid was often turned farsecal. Our troop was in a school and was pretty independent, and one of the moms was the scoot master for a while. I actually took a leave of absence when someone brought in the local Christ the King church for whatever reason.

What both of you are saying is correct, and the presence of a civics badge doesn't override all the para-military (for lack of a better term) aspects.