With the Defense Department’s recent decision to begin a process to lift its ban on open service for transgender troops, important progress, though at a snail’s pace, is coming to military foxholes and latrines. It is an announcement certain to figure prominently among traditionally anti-LGBT politicians seeking the 2016 presidential nomination in the Republican Party….
IRVING, Texas (CNN) — Boy Scout executives won’t vote this week on a proposal that would allow local troops to decide whether to welcome gay members and leaders. The national organization’s executive board had been expected to vote on the proposal Wednesday, but said instead that it needs more time to get comment on the…
(CNN) — A fresh debate over the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gays sprang to life after word that the organization’s leaders could be on the verge of a landmark change this week. Word of the possible move — announced last week and up for consideration at a three-day meeting that begins Monday in…
(CNN) — Potential changes which could end the ban on gay boy scouts signal “a challenge to the Scouts’ very nature,” conservative activist and former Sen. Rick Santorum wrote Monday. His column, published online on the right wing website World Net Daily, comes as the Boy Scouts of America prepares to discuss changing their longstanding…
(CNN) — For Gen. Martin Dempsey, Thursday’s move to open combat units in the U.S. military to women had its roots nearly a decade ago, on the streets of Baghdad. Dempsey took command of the Army’s 1st Armored Division in June 2003, when Iraqi insurgents were starting to target American troops with sniper fire, grenades…
(CNN) — CNN.com readers snapped to attention at Wednesday afternoon’s announcement that the Pentagon was planning to open combat roles to women. Commenters who identified themselves as male and as veterans overwhelmingly — but certainly not unanimously — opposed the change. The story’s very first comment raised the question of pregnancy’s effect on battle readiness…
bookwatch BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER BOOK REVIEW Return to The Big Fancy by Freeman Hall 012, Adams Media $22.95 / $23.99 Canada 272 pages The holidays are coming. That means you’ll need a little extra. Extra time to go gift-shopping, for sure, and extra closet space in which to hide packages. More importantly, you’ll need extra…
Kearney, MO (KDAF) — A Missouri Boy Scout says everything he has worked for over the past 10 years is gone because he finally admitted who he really is. Eric Jones says he was kicked out of a Boy Scout summer camp where he worked because he is gay. Jones, 19, says he knew what…
