[BHSPitMonkey]

> My troop was filled with bigoted shitheads. I got a "get eagle scout or we cut you off and kick you out at 18" ultimatum, and got eagle scout a few months before I turned 18.

You age out at 18, and become ineligible to rank up on your birthday. That has nothing to do with your troop... Even if they wanted to make an exception for you, they couldn't. It's the same rule for everyone.

[jlgreco]

You have misunderstood, the ultimatum was from my parents. The troop was bigoted because the troop leaders openly hated atheists and gay people.

I wanted nothing to do with them but was emotionally/financially blackmailed into completing the program. In retrospect I had more capacity for independence than I gave myself credit for at the time, but it was a shitty thing for my parents to do (we have since come to terms about this though).

[nightpool]

Might want to clarify that in your post, I came to the same conclusion :)