“Today, the Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors unanimously approved to welcome girls into its iconic Cub Scout program and to deliver a Scouting program for older girls that will enable them to advance and earn the highest rank of Eagle Scou.” Intellectual Takeout
“Now, however, open homosexuality will be officially consistent with the Scouting code throughout a Boy Scout’s life until the moment he turns 18, when it suddenly becomes a problem. (The Scouts maintained its ban on openly gay leaders.) How does that make any sense?”
Calif. Tax Bill Seeks to Punish Scouts for Gay Ban
The legislation would deny tax-exempt status to nonprofit youth groups that discriminate on the basis of gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or religious affiliation.
“With Boy Scouts board members potentially set to lift the organization’s ban on homosexual troop leaders and members, some of the nation’s leading pro-family groups ran an ad in USA Today Monday urging the Scouts to stand by their current policy”
“The Human Rights Campaign, a pro-gay rights advocacy organization, told BSA’s corporate sponsors that it would downgrade their ‘non-discrimination ratings’ if they continued to give money to BSA”
