By officially welcoming gay youths into their ranks, the Boy Scouts of America are starting the new year. For more than two decades, the iconic youth organization known for its "be prepared" ethos has explicitly barred homosexuals, in contrast to the more LGBT-friendly Girl Scouts of the USA. Last May, the Boy Scouts' national council voted 61 percent to no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation -- although it retained a ban ...Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Gays Welcomed in US Boy Scouts
By officially welcoming gay youths into their ranks, the Boy Scouts of America are starting the new year. For more than two decades, the iconic youth organization known for its "be prepared" ethos has explicitly barred homosexuals, in contrast to the more LGBT-friendly Girl Scouts of the USA. Last May, the Boy Scouts' national council voted 61 percent to no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation -- although it retained a ban ...
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