Tag Archives: Boy Scouts

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  Protestors: Keep gay kids out of Boy Scouts

  The group known as “On My Honor” is protesting a proposal to lift the longstanding ban of openly gay scouts.
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  Singer drops Boy Scout performance over controversy

  “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen is the latest act to drop out of the Boy Scouts of America’s upcoming Jamboree because of the organization’s ban on openly gay members.
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  One of city’s oldest Boy Scouts is outspoken gay advocate

  The Boy Scouts of America said it will wait until May to reconsider its policy barring openly gay people from participating in the organization.
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  Boy Scout leaders to vote on ending ban against gay membership

  The polarizing debate over whether Boy Scouts of America should allow gay members could culminate with a vote on a new policy Wednesday.
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  Former Boy Scout troop leader arrested for sodomy

  Alleged abuse took place when the victim was a 13-year-old scout.
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  UPS to stop funding boy scouts in protest of anti-gay policy

  The shipping giant says that’s the way it’s going to be, as long as they discriminate against homosexuals.
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  Central Virginia Boy Scout leaders talk about document release

  Leaders of the Boy Scouts in Central Virginia talked with Shelby Brown Thursday about the release of more than 20,000 confidential documents Thursday.
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  Boy Scouts leadership affirms policy of excluding gays

  The decision was reached after a nearly two-year evaluation.”This is the best policy for the organization,” a BSA executive committee said.
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  Missouri Boy Scout kicked out of camp for being gay

  Eric Jones says he was kicked out of a Boy Scout summer camp where he worked because he is gay.
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  Boy Scouts to study ban on gay leaders

  Could the Boy Scouts be changing policy towards LGBT leaders?
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  Boy Scout starts program to get kids interested in tennis

  Eagle Scout candidate J.C. Lariviere started the “4 Hands 4 Kids” program, partnering Cosby High School with Crenshaw Elementary.
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  Gov. McDonnell: ‘Pray for Mr. Obama’

  Gov. Bob McDonnell recently told a Henrico Boy Scout troop to “pray for Mr. Obama, because he’s got a lot of hard decisions to make.”