{"id":65359,"date":"2026-02-04T10:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/pentagon-threatens-to-cut-ties-with-scouting-america-over-core-values\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:01:26","slug":"pentagon-threatens-to-cut-ties-with-scouting-america-over-core-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/pentagon-threatens-to-cut-ties-with-scouting-america-over-core-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon threatens to cut ties with Scouting America over \u2018core values\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defense department says it may end support unless youth group abandons inclusivity and returns to \u2018God and country\u2019 values<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is again threatening to sever ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/scouts-and-scouting\">Scouting America<\/a> unless the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America reverts to \u201ccore values\u201d, and realigns itself with service to \u201cGod and country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A warning to end the US military\u2019s long-standing partnership with one of the nation\u2019s largest and most popular youth organizations came in a Monday night <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanparnellasw\/status\/2018495511360053609?s=46\">post to social media<\/a> by the Pentagon spokesperson, Sean Parnell, who insisted the scouting movement \u201clost its way\u201d in a 2025 rebrand that promoted inclusivity and included admitted girls and LBGTQ+ members.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/04\/boy-scouting-america-pentagon-threat\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense department says it may end support unless youth group abandons inclusivity and returns to \u2018God and country\u2019 values The Pentagon is again threatening to sever ties with Scouting America unless the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America reverts to \u201ccore values\u201d, and realigns itself with service to \u201cGod and country\u201d. A &#8230; <a title=\"Pentagon threatens to cut ties with Scouting America over \u2018core values\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/pentagon-threatens-to-cut-ties-with-scouting-america-over-core-values\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pentagon threatens to cut ties with Scouting America over \u2018core values\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}