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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.

  • 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.

    • 2011

  • 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.

    • 2010

  • Trial begins in gay rights dispute between Boy Scouts and city of Philadelphia

    Jury selection got under way Monday in a gay rights case that could settle a long-running dispute between local Boy Scouts and the city of Philadelphia. At issue is whether the local scouts group, the Cradle of Liberty Council, should be allowed to stay rent-free in its city-owned headquarters, despite the Boy Scouts of America’s […]

    • 2009

  • LAPD to end relationship with Boy Scouts, cites anti-gay policy

    The Los Angeles Police Department’s Explorers youth program will end its nearly 50-year relationship with the Boys Scouts of America, citing the organization’s policy that discriminates against gays violates the city’s non-discrimination policy, reports KCBS-TV. The Police Commission voted two months ago to end its relationship with the Scouts effective January 1, 2010, because of […]