Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the Defense Department will conditionally continue to provide support to Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America) IF the youth organization commits to pulling all DEI initiatives from its program.
Because god forbid kids learn how to include everyone in their activities.
The Department of War has officially put Scouting America on notice.
It’s time to get back to basics — and DoW is leading the charge. pic.twitter.com/EnY9mvaFLX
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) February 27, 2026
Transcript of Hegseth’s announcement via Erin in The Morning:
“After 2012, however, the Boy Scouts lost their way and a once great organization became gravely wounded. Diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI, crept in. The name was changed to Scouting America. Girls were accepted.
“The focus on God as the ruler of the universe was watered down to include openness to humanism and earth-centered pagan religions… They even welcomed the destructive myth of gender fluidity and transgenderism to infiltrate their membership.
“Scouting America has agreed to comply immediately with the provisions of executive order 14173. This includes reviewing and replacing politicized, divisive, and discriminatory language throughout the organization, programs, and all publications. No more DEI. Zero.
“The Citizen in Society merit badge that encouraged scouts to explore diversity, equity, inclusion, and identity… that badge has been discontinued.
“Third, Scouting America will modify its policy to make clear that membership will be based solely on biological sex at birth and not gender identity. That means that the application, any application, will have only two sex designations, male and female, and the application must match the applicant’s birth certificate.
“Scouting will also make clear that biological boys and girls will not be allowed to occupy or share intimate spaces together, toilets, showers, tents, anywhere like that.”
Hegseth closed his message saying he would like to see Scouting America return to not allowing girls in the program at all.
As Erin points out, many trans youth live as their gender identity without anyone knowing. Many may also be on hormone therapy, giving them the appearance of their gender identity as well.
Forcing them to out themselves and segregating them in a troop that doesn’t match their gender identity is cruel.
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