Re: Can I join the boy scouts with a juvie record
Date: July 26, 2012 08:36AM
"Don't ask, don't tell."
They're more likely to exclude you over sexual preference or religion... they seem to prefer to attach their bigotry to "who you are" rather than "what you've done".
It MIGHT be a different matter if you were an adult who wanted to become a Scout Leader, but no, they don't run "background checks" on juveniles.
Also be aware: policies are entirely arbitrary and vary from troop to troop.
I was expelled from the Boy Scouts when I was 12 or 13 for bringing Canadian Mist and Playboys along on an outing (it was a normal thing among the "senior scouts"... but the Scoutmaster's Son went into my backpack, and I was the only one "caught").
Even after that, I could've gone down the road and joined another troop at will.