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Hegseth Announces the Woke Organization Formerly Known as the Boy Scouts Will Drop DEI – But the Damage Is Already Done

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Hegseth Announces the Woke Organization Formerly Known as the Boy Scouts Will Drop DEI – But the Damage Is Already Done

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did something this past week that many former Scouts had been hoping to see years ago.

The Pentagon head drew a clear line in the sand and told Scouting America that its era of pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates is over if the organization expects continued government support.

According to a Department of Defense news release, the Pentagon will conditionally continue to provide support to Scouting America, formerly the Boy Scouts of America, after the group committed to pulling all DEI initiatives and vowing to align itself with its historic mission.

Hegseth said he had been “seriously considering” ending support altogether because of the moral rot, but wanted to offer a lifeline before ending a long relationship.

“After 2012, however, the Boy Scouts lost their way, and a once-great organization became gravely wounded,” Hegseth in a video accompanying the release.

“[DEI] crept in, the name was changed to ‘Scouting America,’ girls were accepted [and] the focus on God as the ruler of the universe was watered down to include openness to humanism and Earth-centered pagan religions,” he said.

He also made note of Scouting’s declining........

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