Georgia state Sen. Michael Williams, a Republican candidate for governor, said Thursday that the Boy Scouts of America have given into "left-wing social engineers" in dropping the "Boy" from its youth program.
The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that it will drop the word "Boy" from the name "Boy Scouts," and will instead call their youth program "Scouts BSA."
Williams, one of seven Republicans running to replace Gov. Nathan Deal, ripped the organization on Thursday for the decision.
The BSA "caved to left-wing social engineers who want to remove the concept of male masculinity from society," he wrote on Facebook.
"Political correctness is literally destroying our culture and institutions. Liberals tell us that masculinity is 'toxic' and that girls can be boys and boys should no longer be boys. Imagine the outcome of World War II if the Greatest Generation had been raised by these politically correct bedwetters. You’d be reading this in German."
BSA Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh said in a statement after the announcement that "As we enter a new era for our organization, it is important that all youth can see themselves in Scouting in every way possible," according to The Huffington Post.
"Our great nation desperately needs more John Waynes and fewer Pajama Boys. The hard-left revealed their discrimination against individualism and the uniqueness of both genders. Everyone doesn’t have to fall in line and discredit the differences of each sex that make both genders unique and special. Yes, each gender is different! That’s why women are only required to complete less than half of the number of push-ups as men to pass Army Basic Training. Perhaps separate Scouting programs for boys and girls isn’t so crazy after all."
The BSA announced in October that girls would be allowed to join the organization, and more than 3,000 have already enrolled in the Early Adopter Program, according to the Post.
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