The lady with the issue about kilts can't see past her own self-righteousness and displays here own ignorance. Debating her is a waste of time. She has every right to take her son to a troop they like, and I'm sure everyone will be happier if she does just that.

The Scots heritage in Scouting is un-deniable and there is no reason it shouldn't be honored. However, since the BSA has not officially accepted the kilt as a uniform item, at a minimum, the troop should vote to adopt it as the troop uniform. The only valid point anyone in the comments had was that a uniform should be uniform for everyone. It's not a uniform if it's not uniform for everyone in the troop. In the military, when we were main side we all wore the same uniform but when we went to the field, it was more relaxed and if you wanted to wear a black poly-pro t-shirt under the BDU's instead of the GI Black cotton t-shirt it was fine. If you wanted to wear a hydration system while others carried canteens, fine. But when we went back main side, all that stuff got put away and we wore the same uniform items.

I think bringing kilts into a troop as things stand today needs to be done in a respectful and professional manner. I would not want an adult leader suddenly showing up and making any "statements" about politics, religion, or social issues in the BSA environment and I can understand how a parent might perceive it this way. Considering the insane crimes against children by people in leadership roles, my childs well-being is not worth giving another adult the benefit of the doubt when they suddenly show up doing, saying or wearing something out of the "norm". Don't freak out, we have to look at this from the un-knowing parents point of view. Not everyone has decided to accept kilts as a mans garment and us ramroding kilts down their throats is not the way to help them accept it.

The idea of a kilt should be proposed to the troop leadership, the boys and the parents. All discussion allowed and it would be good to actually assemble a budget and a mock up or a full uniform with the kilt to show how it would actually look and perform so there is no gray area on what a parent will have to buy, or the child will wear and demonstrate how the troop will look in mass. Then a vote can happen and the decision should be honored by all, no matter the outcome. If the decision cannot be accepted, that person should maturely move on to another troop where they will be happier.

I'm not saying the council will not have an issue with it, but, if the entire troop decides that the troop will adopt it, the council likely will not have much issue with it.