Boy Scouts To Reconsider Ban on Gay Members, Leaders This Week
The Boy Scouts of America could reverse its decades-old ban on allowing homosexual members and leaders as early as this week, leaving the decision to local troops.
Just seven months after the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) reaffirmed its decades-old ban on admitting gay members and leaders, the organization said it could reverse that policy as early as this week. Scout officials announced on Jan. 28 that the organization is considering amending its policy against homosexual participation in favor of allowing local troops to decide on their own, NBC News reports. If the policy change is approved at this week's national executive board meeting the ban would be eliminated from the scout's rules. "The chartered organizations that oversee and deliver scouting would accept membership and select leaders consistent with their organization’s mission, principles or religious beliefs,” Deron Smith, a spokesman …
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10:59 am on Monday, February 4, 2013
...or whatever the reason. I used the term standard in the example. The point was it's going to cause people to "shop" for the scout charter they're comfortable with. more ›