(CNN) -- Disappointment, anger, disgust. Words like these are echoing throughout social media about a national icon: The Boy Scouts of America. To put it mildly, Scouting is going through a rough patch. In July, the BSA national headquarters clarified its ban on gays and lesbians -- leaving it in place and triggering a national movement by hundreds of former Eagle Scouts to renounce their rank and return their treasured medals. And then this week, the so-called "perversion files" were publicly released, naming more than 1,000 suspected child sex abusers since the mid-1960s with links to Scouting. All this has people asking questions: What's going on here? Is Scouting in trouble? Is it even relevant anymore?
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Boy Scouts criticized for gay ban and for "perversion files"
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Youth organization isn't keeping up with social changes, says activist
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Some parents oppose ban on gays, but look the other way
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Boy Scouts: The state of scouting is "very strong"
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