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News (USA)
Boy Scouts membership falls 7 percent last year, continuing decade-long decline
Last year was also the first full year the Texas-based organization was open to openly gay youth, a compromise approved by its national leadership in 2013. But the organization still excludes openly gay adult volunteers.
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Life
For those no longer loyal to Scouts, Trail Life offers a ‘no gays’ alternative
Chatting in the living room one night, Ron Orr gave his 15-year-old son Andrew a choice: He could stick with the Boy Scouts of America and his mission to become an Eagle Scout, or he could join Trail Life USA — the new Christian-based alternative that excludes openly gay boys.
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News (USA)
Boy Scouts’ membership drops after year of policy change
DALLAS — The Boy Scouts of America said Wednesday that it lost 6 percent of its membership after an often-bruising year in which it announced it would accept openly gay boys for the first time, over the objections of some participants who eventually left the organization.