I've been a Scout leader for over 10 years and this issue just hasn't been one at the local level. It's really more of an issue for the media and for some people who like to make an example of Scouting, for whatever personal reasons they have.

If you were to take away all of the Community service Scouts perform (food collections, Salvation Army bell-ringing, Eagle Scout projects, road clean-ups, Veterans Day/Memorial Day activities, etc etc) who would pick up the slack? It's a fact that volunteerism has dropped dramamtically in our country but Scouts activities mask a lot of that.

We don't teach intolerance or 'theism'. We teach citizenship, outdoor skills, self-reliance and community service, all while having fun. What's wrong with that?