While dropping off some paperwork last week at the offices of the Greater New York Council of the Boy Scouts of America, my cell phone alerted me to a breaking news story: The Boy Scouts soon would allow girls to join and create a path for them to earn the coveted rank of Eagle. For a moment I was stunned. Then I texted my friend Gary. “A great day for our organization,” I typed. “Wow it is. Thank you,” he replied. I reached out to Gary before any of my other friends because his 16-year-old daughter, Sydney, has become a face of her gender’s struggle to join the Boy … [Read more...]