What do you think about their decision?
The Boy Scouts of America voted to end its ban on gay youths, Thursday. The 1,400-member national council voted to allow openly gay youths to join the organization. The change in policy will take effect on Jan 1. The Boy Scouts of America will maintain its ban on gay adult leaders and members who do not believe in God. “The Boy Scouts of America still supports an untenable, unreasonable and unnecessary discriminatory policy by excluding gay leaders and staff members,” said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, in a statement. “If the Boy Scouts are truly a values-based organization, bigotry can’t be part of the program.” The vote came during organization's two-day meeting in Grapevine, TX. The …
Some metro Atlanta residents say they will abandon the Boy Scouts if the organization opens its membership to gay people. Others say they can't support the organization unless it drops its ban.
Once again, the Boy Scouts of America is at the center of a debate about whether it should lift its ban on gay scouts and leaders. In metro Atlanta, often seen as one of the most gay-friendly urban areas in the U.S., opinion on the issue is mixed. In Southwest Atlanta, a longtime scout leader says his Christian faith will require him to give up Scouting, one of his life's passions, if the organization decides to open membership to gay people. “I have to love them (gays) because that’s what the Word says, but I do not have to go along with the lifestyle.” The Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays last year after two years of reviewing the issue. In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Scouts' right to exclude …
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I have never understood the fight/right to be allowed to join a club or group that does not want (insert any particular label here) as a member. There are so many other places with open arms and good tidings to join. more ›