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Boy Scouts (Organization)

An invoked civic institution that functions as a rhetorical stand-in during the Roosevelt Room confrontation. The organization appears only as a referenced social locus—troop meetings, scout halls, camping trips, and uniformed ceremonies—rather than a directly seen space. In the scene its imagined meeting rooms and rituals carry civic weight: speakers summon these local gatherings to test the policy's reach, to dramatize everyday consequences, and to press political accountability without locating action physically in the episode.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S1E19 · Let Bartlet Be Bartlet

Don't Ask, Don't Tell — Negotiations Collapse

The Boy Scouts are cited as another civic institution potentially affected by policy change, invoked to expand the debate beyond military discipline and into community norms and parental concerns.

Atmosphere

Used rhetorically to conjure conservative community standards and to underscore perceived social risk.

Functional Role

Reference point illustrating broader social implications and political vulnerability.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes mainstream civic traditions against which policy change is measured and contested.

Mentioned in rapid-fire enumerations of social spaces. Functions as shorthand for conservative constituencies.

S1E19 · Let Bartlet Be Bartlet

After the Meeting: Sam Left in the Roosevelt Room

The Boy Scouts are named as an emblematic community organization potentially affected by service-policy disputes; Ken uses it to broaden the policy's social stakes beyond private morality.

Atmosphere

Invoked as an external sounding board, bringing cultural concern and public optics into the room.

Functional Role

Representative stakeholder location used rhetorically to test whether the administration cares about public consequence.

Symbolic Significance

Represents civic tradition and the political fallout of perceived threats to communal institutions.

Referenced quickly and pointedly as part of Ken's litany. Serves as shorthand for potential public backlash and local-level impact.

Events at This Location

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S1E19 · Let Bartlet Be Bartlet

Don't Ask, Don't Tell — Negotiations Collapse

A short, explosive confrontation in the Roosevelt Room collapses the staff's tentative effort to discuss repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' Sam's righteous fury — equal parts moral indignation and personal …

S1E19 · Let Bartlet Be Bartlet

After the Meeting: Sam Left in the Roosevelt Room

A bruising confrontation collapses the White House effort to change "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and leaves Sam physically and morally alone. Congressman Ken methodically dismantles the staff's token outreach, forcing …