Showing posts with label #BoyScouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #BoyScouts. Show all posts
5/6/14
5/2/14
The LGBT have a long way to go in ending institutionalized homophobia. For example, the Boy Scouts don't allow gay troop leaders...
I am thrilled that gay and bisexual boys can now be Boy Scouts, but this video interview shows the homophobia and double-standards that exist in scouting. Quite simply, it is wrong.
1/2/14
Like the U.S. military has found, the change in the Boy Scouts' policy to include gay scouts (but not leaders) isn't going to change scouting. It will just improve it
From NBC.com:
BSA’s controversial decision to admit openly gay youth has generated tense debate among much of the organization’s 2.6 million youth members, their families and alumni since a vote on the issue last May. Some families and troops who were opposed to the new policy have left for alternate groups. Others who support it have joined or returned to the Boy Scouts. And still others have decided to stay with the Scouts although they oppose the change.
So far, the vast majority of charter partners nationwide have chosen to remain Scout sponsors, said BSA spokesman Deron Smith. The organization estimates that less than 2 percent of its 116,000 troops and packs were dropped by their sponsors.
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