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Two Tenn. Scout groups say they’re against proposal to allow gay scouts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two Boy Scouts councils in Tennessee said Tuesday they will not support a proposal to partially lift the group’s long-standing exclusion of gays.
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Rick Perry urges Boy Scouts to oppose gay ‘pop culture’ like Sam Houston resisted slavery
Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) appeared in the Family Research Council’s “Stand With Scouts Sunday” webcast last night where he told FRC president Tony Perkins that the Boy Scouts of America must resist those trying to “tear apart” the organization’s values and replace them with the “flavor of the month”—homosexuality.
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Boy Scouts to vacate Philadelphia home under settlement over anti-gay policy
PHILADELPHIA — A Boy Scouts of America group will vacate its city-owned Philadelphia headquarters in return for $825,000 under an agreement that settles a long legal battle over the organization’s ban on gays, Mayor Michael Nutter’s office said Friday.
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The Mormon Church’s support for gay boy scouts is no surprise at all
The Mormon church surprised many last week with its announcement supporting the proposed Boy Scout policy allowing gay scouts but not gay leaders. Having spent most of my life as a Mormon and having served in its local leadership, I wasn’t surprised at all. Here’s why. Though not true until relatively recently, the Mormon church does allow gay people to be members and even to have some local leadership jobs, as long as they stay strictly celibate…
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Mormon Church says it’s pleased with Scouts’ continued ban on gay leaders
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church says it welcomes the Boy Scouts of America’s latest proposal to lift the gay ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.
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Los Angeles scout leaders: No good choice in new gay scouting proposal
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles scout leaders say the Boy Scouts of America’s proposal to lift the ban for gay youth members, but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders, does not go far enough.
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Boy Scouts proposes to lift gay ban for youth, but not scout leaders
NEW YORK — Under pressure over its longstanding ban on gays, the Boys Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.
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What happens when a son tells his gay dad, ‘I want to become a Boy Scout’?
I really don’t know why I can’t seem to see these things coming. I blog about them. I write about prejudices, I have argued with countless anti-gay people, and I have diligently parented to the best of my ability. And yet, these situations emerge and again, I am caught like the proverbial deer in the headlights, unsure which path to take, and positive that all choices lead to certain destruction…
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Navigators USA: Inclusive scouting alternative welcomes all
While the Boy Scouts of America wrestles with declining memberships and whether to rescind its long-standing policy against gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders, one “all welcoming” scouting organization says it’s seeing a boost in enrollment from parents and kids looking for a more inclusive alternative.
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Calif. bill aimed at Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy clears first hurdle
SAN FRANCISCO — A bill aimed at pressuring the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay members by making the organization ineligible for nonprofit tax breaks cleared its first vote on Wednesday in the California Legislature.