Monday, January 28, 2013
The Boy Scouts of America affirmed its ban on gay scouts and leaders in July of 2012.
A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America has told USA Today that the organization may announce a change to its policy on gay scouts and leaders as early as next week. The spokesperson said BSA would allow gay scouts and troop leaders, which is an about face for the organization. "The policy change under discussion would allow the religious, civic, or educational organizations that oversee and deliver Scouting to determine how to address this issue," BSA spokesman Deron Smith said in a statement to USA Today. In July 2012, the Boy Scouts of America confirmed its ban of gays from the organization. The longtime ban, which was reaffirmed after a two-year review, banned gay boys from being Boy Scouts and gay adults from serving as troop …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
After a two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America have reaffirmed the organization's ban on gays. What do you think of this action?
On Tuesday, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed their ban of gays from the organization. The longtime ban, which was reaffirmed after a two-year review, bans gay boys from being Boy Scouts and gay adults from serving as troop leaders. According to The New York Times, the decision came after years of debate. In 2000, the Supreme Court upheld 5-4 the right of the Boy Scouts to expel a gay assistant scoutmaster, saying that as a private organization, it had the right to decide what values it wanted to inculcate. A statement released Tuesday by the Boy Scouts of America reads as follows: After careful consideration of a resolution asking the Boy Scouts of America to reconsider its longstanding membership standards policy, today the …
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The elementary school parent-teacher group votes against rechartering Pack 776, ending a five-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America.
The Uthoff Valley Elementary School PTO decided to break its ties to the Boy Scouts of America and refused to continue its sponsorship of Cub Scout Pack 776 and Boy Scout Troop 776. Both units are comprised of current and former Uthoff Valley students and their parents. Four other Fenton school parent-teacher organizations already have agreed to continue sponsoring scout groups: Kellison, Bowles, Stanton and Rockwood South Middle. A Boy Scout council representative said seven of 19 Rockwood School District PTOs have ended their partnerships with the scouts. According to BSA materials, sponsors only have a few important responsibilities: providing a meeting place for scouts and approving leadership. The sponsoring organization can also …
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Dan Johnson
4:48 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
"In up to 50 percent of reported cases, offenders are adolescents. In 82 percent of accusations recently studied the accused offender was a heterosexual partner of a close relative of the child's. Researchers estimate that between 96 to 100 percent of accused abusers are recognizably heterosexual. Another study found that almost half of offending fathers and stepfathers also abused children … more ›