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Actor Chuck Norris suggests White House pushing for pro-gay Boy Scouts
DALLAS — In a sharply worded commentary — penned for the conservative “gun shooting sports news” site, Ammoland.com — actor Chuck Norris suggested that President Barack Obama is working to create “a pro-gay Boy Scouts of America.”
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Eagle Scout renounces rank in protest of Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy
Naka Nathaniel, a once devoted and proud Eagle Scout, said he is renouncing his rank until the Boy Scouts of America ends its ban on gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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Ernst & Young chairman calls for Boy Scouts to end anti-gay policy
James Turley, the Global Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, and a board member of the Boy Scouts of America, has called for an end to the long-standing ban on gay Scouts and gay Scout leaders, and a new petition drive is aimed at board members who lead LGBT-inclusive companies.
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Boy Scouts says it has no plans to reverse ban on gays
The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday said it has no plans to end its 102-year-old policy banning gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders, despite receiving an online petition containing more than 275,000 signatures urging a reversal of the anti-gay policy.
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Zach Wahls delivers 275,000 signatures to Boy Scouts calling for end to anti-gay policies
Outspoken advocate, author and Eagle Scout, Zach Wahls, today delivered more than 275,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America, calling on the group to end its long history of anti-gay discrimination and reinstate Ohio mom Jennifer Tyrrell, who was forcibly removed as den leader of her son’s troop because she’s gay.
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Lesbian den mother ousted by Boy Scouts speaks out at GLAAD awards
Jennifer Tyrrell, the volunteer den mother to her son’s Cub Scout chapter who was ousted from her position because she is gay, spoke out against the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay discrimination at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday.
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Why the Boy Scouts’ expulsion of a lesbian den mother hits close to home
That the Boy Scouts of America continue to engage in blind discrimination, fixated on the identity of its adult leaders instead of the content of their characters, is both disappointing and discouraging. The Boy Scouts have otherwise codified bravery into its value system, maintain a policy of religious diversity and stress the importance of self-enrichment instead of passing judgment on others. It provided an experience that I found to be incredibly beneficial and an experience of which my mothers are thrilled to be a part…
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Thousands sign petition protesting Boy Scouts’ dismissal of lesbian den mother
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio — More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Boy Scouts to reinstate a volunteer den mother who was ousted from her position because she is gay.
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Philadelphia must pay Boy Scouts’ legal fees over eviction for anti-gay policy
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge last week ordered the city of Philadelphia to pay nearly $900,000 in legal fees to the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, following the city’s failed attempt to evict the Scouts from a city-owned building because of its anti-gay policy.
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Florida school board rejects grant from Boy Scouts over anti-gay policy
TAMPA, Fla. — The Pinellas County School Board this week voted to reject a $54,838 grant for a program run by a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America because the organization discriminates against gay youth.