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Read the following passage from Paul Kengor's "The Marxist-Progressive War on the Boy Scouts," which appeared on the web site of The American Spectator on 1 June 2018:

The left has succeeded in driving a final nail in the coffin of the Boy Scouts as it once was. The organization is now a shell of its self. It capitulated first on "gay" scout leaders, then on "transgender" scouts, and now on girls joining the Boy Scouts.

Progressives bask in their triumph, dancing on the grave of an organization they never wanted to build up; it was an organization they wanted to take down. For the left, this is less about giving something to girls than taking something from boys. It's another scalp on the cultural-ideological wall.

Lest anyone think this isn't a take-down, or a fundamental transformation, well, consider that the Boy Scouts of America, founded in 1910, will now be called simply "Scouts BSA" for those ages 11 to 18 (a change openly celebrated with puffy propaganda pieces by PC-stylists at the BSA website). This is a coerced inclusion of gender-neutral "Cub Scouts."

The Boy Scouts have been emasculated, neutered. The organization that prided itself on courage stands impotent, fearful in the face of feminists and LGBTQ militants. They've cowered to the forces of "diversity" and "tolerance."

Question 1. What is the author's position on the Boy Scouts' decision to allow girls to join the organization?

Question 2. Identify the tone of voice that the author uses when he describes the Boy Scouts, its decision, and the "left" and "progressives" who, according to the author, support the decision? Quote several specific words and phrases that convey that tone.