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Protestors: Keep gay kids out of Boy Scouts

Posted at 1:26 PM, May 17, 2013
and last updated 2013-05-17 19:33:37-04

RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) -- A national protest of the Boy Scouts of America has made its way to Richmond.  The group known as "On My Honor" is protesting a proposal to lift the longstanding ban of openly gay scouts.

Under the proposal from the Boy Scouts' executive committee, membership would no longer be denied solely because of sexual orientation.  A vote on the issue scheduled for next week.

Protests are being held in 40 cities across the nation. In Richmond, protesters gathered outside the of the headquarters of the Richmond Council of the Boy Scouts of America on Fitzhugh Street.

"We want to leave sex and politics out of the scouts," Brenda Levy, who helped organize the protest in Richmond, said.