Adapting Quote by Bear Grylls

If you join the Boy Scouts without understanding the underlying agendas and biases of the organization, you might grow up to believe that being…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it's really going to hold them back if they…

— Bear Grylls

Discrimination at any level sends a harmful message to youth, gay or straight alike, and that discrimination has no place in Scouting.

— Gwen Ifill

Being in the Boy Scouts, you don't think about whether people are gay or straight. You're busy putting up tents and learning to cut…

— Boy George

No parent should be denied from their Scouting - their son's Scouting experience simply because those parents happen to be gay.

— Gwen Ifill

Mormon leaders said in a statement they will reexamine their ties to the Boy Scouts. "The church," they said, "has always welcomed all boys…

— Gwen Ifill

Scouting is a Game with a Purpose

— William Hillcourt

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

— Robert Powell

That's my advice to all homosexuals, whether they're in the Boy Scouts, or in the Army or in high school: Shut up, don't tell…

— Anonymous

This great American institution [Boy Scouts of America] has come under attack from homosexual activists-who may well set their sights on your church next.

— Jay Sekulow

I have a big problem with scouts. There's a standard for a receiver-you have to have a certain size, run a certain speed, and…

— Hines Ward

I strongly believe in Scouting. ... It's a source of great strength to us.

— John F. Kennedy