On Monday, the Boy Scouts of America announced it was ending the organization’s dumb nationwide ban on gay troop leaders. Individual church-run units, however, will still be able to exclude individuals from unpaid leadership positions based on sexual orientation.
Boy Scouts Vote to End Preposterous Ban on Gay Troop Leaders
The ridiculous ban preventing gay adults from leading Boy Scout groups could come to an end later this month following a unanimous vote last week by the group’s 17-member executive committee. The change will be effective immediately if its approved a meeting of the full 80-member executive board on July 27.
Boy Scouts' President Calls for Lifting of Ban on Gay Troop Leaders
On Thursday, president of the Boy Scouts of America and former defense secretary Robert Gates called for the Scouts to reconsider its ban on gay adult leaders. “We must deal with the world as it is,” he said, “not as we might wish it to be.”
Boy Scouts Aren't Allowed to Have Water Gun Fights Now
The Boy Scouts of America, a paramilitary children’s organization inspired in part by the exploits of the young Mafeking Cadet Corps during the Second Boer War, has forbidden its present-day members to shoot squirt guns at one another. A blog post for adult Scout leaders on the Scouting Magazine website reports that…
Boy Scout Dies After Shooting Himself in Head at San Diego Camp
An 11-year-old at Boy Scout camp in San Diego was shot in the head this morning, and was alive as of 7:49 a.m., NBC reports. Officials said the wound was self-inflicted.
The Boy Scouts Carried Ann Curry Down A Mountain
As the late Whitney Houston warned, children are our future. They will take care of us as we age into infinity, perhaps sustained by whatever Soylent-y foodstuffs we have by the time we've all circumvented the cold of death.
Boy Scouts Shut Down Seattle Chapter with Openly Gay Scoutmaster
The Boy Scouts of America have revoked the charters of the Rainier Beach United Methodist Church after their openly gay Scoutmaster, Geoffrey McGrath, was ousted in March by the organization but its members refused to remove him.
Christian Kids Are Ditching Boy Scouts For a Less-Tolerant Alternative
Say, there, sonny. Do you wish you had a militant group you could join at a tender age, with uniforms and pocketknives and the like, but that guaranteed you wouldn't have to rub elbows with some Nancy-boy knock-kneed Jewish kids? Boy howdy, lemme tell ya about "Trail Life USA"!
America Has Its First Known Gay Eagle Scout, But He May Get Booted
First, the good news: Pascal Tessier, a senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland, just became the first openly gay Eagle Scout in the U.S. The bad news: The Boy Scouts are probably going to kick Tessier out in a couple of months.
Today the Boy Scouts of America officially lifted its ban on openly gay youths. According to the BSA, "while people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting." But don't get too excited: the ban on openly gay leaders will remain.
Boy Scout Leaders Could Lose Memberships for March in Gay Pride Parade
Three weeks after the Boy Scouts of America voted to continue its ban on gay scout leaders, two Utah scout leaders were warned by council members of the BSA that they face potential banishment from the organization for their participation in a Utah Pride Parade earlier this month.
Boy Scouts Vote to Allow Gay Scouts But Continue Banning Gay Leaders
Around 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts of America National Council voted 61 percent to 38 percent this afternoon to finally dismantle the group's ban on gay scouts. Unfortunately, the BSA will also continue barring gay scout leaders.
Boy Scouts Announce Imminent End to Longstanding Ban on Gay Members [UPDATE]
After months of deliberations over the topic of its much-despised ban on gay and lesbian members, the Boy Scouts of America are finally preparing to end the longstanding policy.
This Pro-Gay Boy Scouts Alternative Just Doubled its Membership
Camping, crafts, and uniforms have always held a special allure for some kids; too bad the main sponsor of those activities, the Boy Scouts of America, excludes gays, atheists, and girls.
New Boy Scout Poll Asks If It's 'Acceptable' for Gay Men to Camp with Boys
A tipster—identifying himself as cub scout parent in Texas—forwards us part of a new poll the Boy Scouts of America is asking him and other parents to complete. As the BSA gets closer to making a decision about whether to lift its ban on gays, the century-old organization is gauging how BSA parents feel about the…
Obama Urges Boy Scouts to Pull the Same Bullshit He Did Last Year
On Super Bowl Sunday, President Obama told CBS' Scott Pelley that the Boy Scouts of America should end its ban on gays. Today, BSA board members decided to table a vote on whether the group should lift that ban, saying in a statement that "the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership…
Boy Scouts Chapter Approves Openly Gay Teen's Eagle Scout Status Despite Opposition from National Organization
Ryan Andresen worked hard for 12 long years to earn his Eagle Scout rank, so he was understandably devastated when his Scoutmaster told him he would not be able to award him the Boy Scouts' highest honor because he was openly gay.
Jon Stewart Lambastes Boy Scouts, Chick-fil-A for Anti-Gay Orientation
In a special Holdouts Edition of The Daily Show's "Gaywatch" segment, host Jon Stewart lays into the Boy Scouts and fast-food chain Chick-fil-A for their longstanding opposition to equal rights for all Americans.
Boy Scouts: Gay Ban 'Best Policy' for BSA
The Boy Scouts of America today put the kibosh on a proposal to overturn their longstanding, Supreme-Court-upheld ban on openly gay troop leaders and scouts.
Even Boy Scouts Have Jumped on the Ironic Facial Hair Bandwagon
Behold the new Boy Scouts of America print campaign, as conceived by Ogilvy & Mather and approved, apparently, by The Powers That Be. And while there are those who will inevitably object to the disorienting addition of bio-realistic beards to the beaming smiles of four pre-pubescent boys eager for whatever adventures…
