MRH Scout Leader Disappointed National Leadership Delays Decision on Admitting Gays

The Maplewood scout leader said he hopes the national board will "come to their senses, and join the rest of us in the 21st century."

MRH Scout Leader Disappointed National Leadership Delays Decision on Admitting Gays

The Maplewood scout leader said he hopes the national board will "come to their senses, and join the rest of us in the 21st century."

The Boy Scouts of America have delayed its decision on whether or not to change its policy excluding gay members and leaders, the St. Louis Post Dispatch has reported. The article states that the policy will not be voted on until the group’s annual meeting in May. Deron Smith, the BSA director of public relations, made to following statement. “After careful consideration and extensive dialogue within the Scouting family, along with comments from those outside the organization, the volunteer officers of the Boy Scouts of America's National Executive Board concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy.” The delay doesn't sit well with one BSA leader …

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Boy Scouts May End Ban on Gay Leaders, Scouts

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 …

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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 ›

Boy Scouts Affirm Ban on Gays: Do You Agree?

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 …

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Jonathan Schultz

8:43 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Well Maggie, that video was posted to inform the readers of NAMBLA... An organization heavily backing this homosexual movement and heavily involved in the discussion of gays in the Boy Scouts of America. If you can't look at the truth because it's just that disgusting, fine, but don't try and sugar coat this debate!! You know what grown men do to little boys?! EXACTLY!!! This stuff is EVIL!   more ›