The Mormon church has announced that it will ” … no longer charter Varsity or Venturing units with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and Scouts Canada effective Jan. 1 2018.” As a result of the Mormon church’s decision to pull out of these programs, meant for boys aged 14-18, the Boy Scouts expects to…
Today, the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) ratified a resolution that removed the national restriction on openly gay adult leaders and employees. Of those present and voting, 79 percent voted in favor of the resolution. The resolution was recommended for ratification by the Executive Committee earlier this month. The resolution…
Sunday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry became the second Republican presidential candidate to suggest the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) should be able to deny lesbian, gay, and bisexual people the ability to work and volunteer for the organization when he said on Meet the Press that the BSA would be “better off” without openly LGB…
A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) says its national executive committee last Friday approved a resolution to lift the membership restriction regarding sexual orientation, while respecting the right of religious chartered organizations to continue to choose adult leaders whose beliefs are consistent with their own. NBC News reports that if approved, the…
Today, the president of the Boy Scouts of America called for an end to the group’s blanket ban on gay adult leaders, warning Scout executives that “we must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be,” and that “any other alternative will be the end of us as…
In a continuing fight within the Boy Scouts of America, another Eagle Scout and adult leader within the organization has been unceremoniously fired. Brian Peffly, 35, was ousted in March from a Columbus, Ohio chapter of the Boy Scouts simply because he is gay. A lifetime scout who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, Peffly…
Scouts For Equality has challenged Boy Scouts of America President Bob Gates to overturn the Scouts’ policy banning gay adults. Scouts for Equality Executive Director Zach Wahls makes the challenge in a video on the new crowdfunding platform Challeng, which uses charitable donations to create movements for social change. Supporters have pledged over $39,000 in…
The California Supreme Court has barred judges from non-profit youth organizations like the Boy Scouts of America that discriminate against LGBT people. The change to judicial ethics rules will effectively prevent judges in California from participating in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which bans gay and lesbian adults from serving as leaders in the…
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder harshly condemned a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) policy that prohibits gays and lesbians from serving as Scout Leaders. While the group’s National Council recently voted to end a longstanding ban on gay youth in Scouting, it left in place a policy that bars gay and lesbian adults,…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, is calling on the Boy Scouts of America to end its longstanding discriminatory ban on gay adults in Scouting and reinstate Rainier Beach United Methodist Church’s charter. In March, BSA leaders fired Geoff McGrath, 49, leader of Troop 98 in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood after he came out as…
