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Calif. tax bill seeks to punish Boy Scouts for anti-gay ban
SAN FRANCISCO — California lawmakers are considering making the Boy Scouts of America and other youth groups that do not accept gay, transgender or atheist members and leaders ineligible for some state tax exemptions.
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Boy Scouts reject Utah troop sponsored by gay rights group
SALT LAKE CITY — The Boy Scouts of America have rejected an application for a scouting troop sponsored by a Utah gay rights organization. The Utah Pride Center recently asked permission to start a troop for 10 middle-school aged children with straight troop leaders, said executive director Valerie Larabee…
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Leader of Southern Baptist Convention links North Korean threats to gay marriage, Boy Scouts
Fred Luter, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, appeared Wednesday on TruNews with Rick Wiles, the Religious Right talk show host who is convinced President Obama is literally a demon.
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Utah Boy Scout council says 83 percent of parents, leaders oppose lifting gay ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A survey finds that that 83 percent of Boy Scout leaders, parents and representatives from troops in the greater Salt Lake City area oppose lifting a ban on openly gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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Chipotle cancels sponsorship of Utah Boy Scout event due to anti-gay policy
SALT LAKE CITY — Chipotle Mexican Grill has pulled its sponsorship of Utah’s “Scout-O-Rama” because of the Boy Scouts of America’s long-standing ban on gays.
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Anderson Cooper receives GLAAD award, Madonna calls Boys Scouts ‘fucked up’
NEW YORK — Pop icon Madonna, dressed in a replica of a cub scout uniform, presented CNN’s Anderson Cooper with an award for openly gay media professionals at the 24th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City last night.
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Boy Scouts distribute more than 1 million surveys seeking input on gay ban
IRVING, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America, who are considering revising their ban on gay scouts, have sent a questionnaire to Scout families, asking them how they’d feel about having openly scouts or gays and lesbians serving as Scout leaders.
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One in seven Fortune 500 companies gave to the Boy Scouts
Among the corporations that make up the current Fortune 500 — Fortune magazine’s yearly list of the top 500 American companies ranked by revenue — about one in seven, or 14 percent, each donated at least $10,000 to the Boy Scouts of America in 2010, despite the organization’s longtime ban of gays and lesbians.
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Carly Rae Jepsen cancels appearance at Scouts’ Jamboree over anti-gay policy
Carly Rae Jepsen has announced via Twitter that she will not headline the Boy Scouts of America’s Jamboree because of the Scouts’ ban on gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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Train backs out of Scout event, petition calls on Carly Rae Jepsen to do the same
The rock band Train has announced it is cancelling its planned appearance at this year’s Boy Scouts National Jamboree in protest of the organization’s ban on gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.