[quote name='niceguyshawne']I saw an episode of Penn and Teller's Bullshit about this a couple of weeks ago.[/QUOTE]
I saw that too, and I thought it was pretty spot on. If you haven't seen it, you should watch it.
http://ts.searching.com/torrent/645710/Penn_And_Teller_Bullshit_S_4E_1_PDTV_XviD_LOL_avi
Couple of the better points (that I remember):
Outside of the discrimination, its a good organization that does a lot of character building.
The Mormon church has considerable influence on the organization on a national level.
Quite a few at the local level don't discriminate regardless of what the organization tells them to do.
Officially, they don't allow gays or athiests. Gay teens are 3 times more likely to commit suicide, they're the very people that the Boy Scouts could help the most. Their justification for not allowing gays, is that their handbook requires you to be "morally straight". This was written in the early 1900s, and has nothing to do with sexuality. In fact, the original defined what they meant by "morally straight", they just mean people of good character.
Biggest point for me: Before the Mormons got involved, anything to do with sex, the family, homosexuality, etc was considered outside the scope of the Boy Scouts, and scout leaders should not discuss it since they are most likely not qualified to. Thats the way it should be.
If they want to continue to accept public funds, use public land for free, use government buildings for free, then they need to stop their discrimination. Penn and Teller do a pretty good job outlining exactly how they get public funds and assistance, its mostly through the military.