Scouts with a BMI, (Body Mass Index), greater than 40 have been disinvited from the annual Jamboree. Scouts with BMIs between 32 and 39.9 had to provide additional health information to take on the 1,000-plus acre Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia. The Boy Scouts of America’s new fitness standards are so rigorous they would not just exclude chubby tenderfoots — they would even bar many NFL players.
Within a few weeks of announcing that gay boys will be welcome in the ranks of Scouting, the organization has said "no" to fat kids. As a former Boy Scout who was overweight through no fault of my own, and as a "straight" former adult leader who has relinquished his rewards due to the gay ruling, I now add: "Piss on the current leadership of the Boy Scouts of America."
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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