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Gates leaves Boy Scouts presidency, defends gay adult policy
Gates finished his two-year term by arguing the Scouts had overcome that challenge and were ready to reverse years of membership declines.
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Boy Scouts of America: Five reasons we’ve won the battle (but not the war)
What instigated this sea change? Here are five key ingredients that helped lift the BSA ban.
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It’s Official: Boy Scouts of America end total ban on gay adults
The new policy, aimed at easing a controversy that has embroiled the Boy Scouts for years, takes effect immediately.
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Philadelphia boy scout council affirms policy allowing gay adult leaders
The Cradle of Liberty Council vote Friday bans discrimination based on sexual orientation for scouts, leaders and employees.
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Boy Scouts’ leader says ban on gay adults no longer sustainable
The president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization’s longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable and called for change in order to prevent “the end of us as a national movement.”
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Commentary
Hagel could have ended the military’s transgender exclusion
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s resignation under pressure is a setback to the effort to end the military exclusion of transgender service personnel.
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Holder: Boy Scouts’ ban on gay adults ‘perpetuates worst kind of stereotypes’
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday took aim at the Boy Scouts of America, saying it’s refusal to allow gay and lesbian adults to serve as scout leaders “perpetuates the worst kind of stereotypes.” In remarks at an event hosted by Lambda Legal, Holder called the ban “a relic of an age of prejudice and insufficient understanding.”
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Gates: Would have allowed gay Scout leaders, refuses to change policy now
DALLAS — Robert Gates, the new president of the Boy Scouts of America, said Friday that he would have moved last year to allow openly gay adults in the organization — a step further than the Scouts ultimately took — but said he opposes any further attempts to address the policy now.
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Boy Scouts formally confirm Robert Gates as its new president
DALLAS — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates was confirmed Thursday as the Boy Scouts of America’s new president, taking over one of the nation’s largest youth organizations as it fights a membership decline and debates its policy toward gays.
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Boy Scouts names former Defense Secretary Robert Gates president
DALLAS — Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will serve as the next president of the Boy Scouts of America, taking the helm of a national executive board that remains tangled in controversy over the organization’s policies toward gays, BSA announced Wednesday.
