Boy Scouts of America

Gates finished his two-year term by arguing the Scouts had overcome that challenge and were ready to reverse years of membership declines.

“The once great Boy Scouts of America has taken a great fall.”

Faith Lutheran Church has notified the Boy Scouts that its beliefs no longer align with the church and that it will need a new location by June 1.

Troubled for years by scouting’s anti-gay policies, the usually quiet kid decided to honor Chicago’s gay community, including young people made homeless when their families pushed them out.

The Boy Scouts revised rules emphasizing a duty to God and banning political advocacy, has a Utah organizer who applied for a troop with gay leaders wondering if applications like his are targeted.

It’s likely a side effect of tension between the Scouts and the Mormon church.

Church leaders decided to stay with the Boy Scouts — but only after getting assurances they can appoint troop leaders according to their own religious values.

Gordon Klingenschmitt insists he never suggested gay scoutmasters should be drowned at sea.

“They’re parading down our streets… and you can see what they’re parading — it’s horrendous.”

The Presbyterian church is dropping its nearly 50-year association with the organization.