Pete Hegseth gets his way as Scouting America drops its inclusion spaces
- Scouting America has eliminated dedicated spaces for LGBTQ+ scouts, girls and scouts of color at its National Jamboree after the organization came under pressure from the Pentagon to scale back diversity initiatives.
- The changes at the 10-day gathering in West Virginia, which ends Friday, come after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to end the military's decades-long partnership with the organization unless it moved away from what he called "woke" policies.
- The decision has prompted some scouts and volunteers to skip this year's event, saying the removal of inclusion spaces made the jamb
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- Scouting America has eliminated dedicated spaces for LGBTQ+ scouts, girls and scouts of color at its National Jamboree after the organization came under pressure from the Pentagon to scale back diversity initiatives.
- The changes at the 10-day gathering in West Virginia, which ends Friday, come after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to end the military's decades-long partnership with the organization unless it moved away from what he called "woke" policies.
- The decision has prompted some scouts and volunteers to skip this year's event, saying the removal of inclusion spaces made the jamb
Sources: The Independent