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Teen seeks Boy Scouts’ top honor with gay community project
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.
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Boy Scouts’ ban on advocacy could hurt LGBT group’s bid for troop
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.
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Boy Scouts’ donations plummet after lifting gay leadership ban
It’s likely a side effect of tension between the Scouts and the Mormon church.
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Despite gay leaders, Mormons stay affiliated with Boy Scouts
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.
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“Gays and pedophiles are possessed by different demons”
Gordon Klingenschmitt insists he never suggested gay scoutmasters should be drowned at sea.
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Linda Harvey: Gays are leading America to “a very dark and black place”
“They’re parading down our streets… and you can see what they’re parading — it’s horrendous.”
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Church drops Boy Scouts over gay leadership decision
The Presbyterian church is dropping its nearly 50-year association with the organization.
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Bismarck Bishop: “Parishes, break all ties with the Boy Scouts!”
His brutal decision affects eight Boy Scout troops and Cub Scout packs.
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Utah group to start Boy Scout troop that welcomes gay leaders
But getting it approved and running may be an uphill battle in the conservative state.
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Antigay Colorado Rep Calls Twice-Convicted Child Molester His “New Friend”
Last week, Klingenschmitt had intimated that lifting the ban on gay Boy Scout leaders would “lead to child abuse.”