Thanks for this, Mike. Michael is a great and insightful voice for making Scouting and the Order of the Arrow more welcoming and accepting. I always learn something whenever I hear them talk. Grateful to all Michael is doing to build a stronger, more inclusive Scouting community.
“ Your identity may define who you are,” is a sad statement. Allowing yourself to be categorized and defined by others and lumped into a group based on your sexuality limits your ability to grow as an individual. Embracing labels created by others restricts character building and growth and creates a dynamic where you only view the world through the lens of the “identity” you have been assigned by others, a group identity if you will. Very communist in its identity based thinking.
Thanks for this, Mike. Michael is a great and insightful voice for making Scouting and the Order of the Arrow more welcoming and accepting. I always learn something whenever I hear them talk. Grateful to all Michael is doing to build a stronger, more inclusive Scouting community.
“ Your identity may define who you are,” is a sad statement. Allowing yourself to be categorized and defined by others and lumped into a group based on your sexuality limits your ability to grow as an individual. Embracing labels created by others restricts character building and growth and creates a dynamic where you only view the world through the lens of the “identity” you have been assigned by others, a group identity if you will. Very communist in its identity based thinking.