Tag Archives: Boy Scouts

John Stemberger Has The Boy Scouts Sadz

“Trail Life USA is saddened by the announcement regarding the anticipated membership change in Boy Scouts of America, as many families and boys will be negatively affected by this departure from their own long-standing principles. It is tragic that the BSA is willing to risk the safety and security of its boys because of peer pressure from activists groups. Trail …

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Boy Scouts President Calls For End To Ban On Openly Gay Adult Leaders

Via Yahoo News: The Boy Scouts of America will no longer seek to revoke the charters of chapters that accept gay adult leaders, the organization’s president, Robert Gates, told its national leadership on Thursday. “The status quo in our movement’s membership standards cannot be sustained,” Gates said during the BSA’s annual national meeting. The organization took no formal action on …

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Todd Starnes: Vermont Town Won’t Let Boy Scouts Pick Up Trash Over Gay Ban

Todd Starnes writes at Fox News: The folks in Montpelier, Vermont will have to find someone else to pick up trash after their Fourth of July Parade. It seems the Boy Scouts won’t be volunteering this year. And they won’t be selling bottled water either. The Boy Scouts bowed out after city council members criticized the group’s ban on gay …

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Linda Harvey Is Ever So Pissed About Soldiers And Boy Scouts In Pride Parades

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Boy Scouts To Lead NYC Pride

Via press release from GLAAD: In a historic first, New York-area Boy Scouts will be among the groups leading 14,000 people down Manhattan’s 5th Avenue on Sunday at the 44th Annual NYC Pride March, where they will speak out against the Boy Scouts of America’s discriminatory ban on gay adults. Three generations of Boy Scouts — gay and straight — …

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COMPILATION: Gay News In The 1990s

JMG reader Dave Evans has compiled an hour of gay-related news reports that aired in the 1990s. Among the topics: ACT UP demonstrations, the Boy Scouts, gay pride marches, the election of Bill Clinton, the enactment of DADT, the enactment of DOMA, and the murder of Matthew Shepard. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: Compilations of gay news in the 1970s, gay news …

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Jewish Adults Also Barred From Anti-Gay Trail Life USA Scouting Group

Over at Good As You, Jeremy Hooper points us to this part of FAQ page for Trail Life USA: Trail Life USA is a Trinitarian Christian organization with a Statement of Faith that includes those denominations that specifically recognize Jesus Christ as the prophesized Messiah of the Jewish scriptures. There are some groups like “Jews for Jesus” that recognize Jesus …

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Head Of Christian Boy Scouts Alternative Is “Horrified” By “Seig Heil” Salute Photo

The head of the Christian scouting group that formed in reaction to the lifting of the ban on openly gay Boy Scouts says he wants news outlets to take down a photo which he says mischaracterizes the salute performed at their meetings. “We were horrified when we saw the photo in question on the MSN site and immediately investigated the …

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Disney World Cuts Ties To Boy Scouts

Josh Israel has the story over at Think Progress: Walt Disney World became the latest business entity to end its support of Boy Scouts of America over its continued refusal to end its ban on openly-LGBT adults. As a result, the Florida theme park will no longer help fund local Scout units in support of employees’ volunteer work. While the …

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January 1st: Boy Scouts Of America To Begin Admitting Openly Gay Youths

The Boy Scouts of America will begin admitting openly gay scouts on January 1st. Under the new membership policy, youths can no longer be barred from the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts or coed Venturers program solely on the basis of sexual orientation. However, gay Scouts will face some limitations. “Any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting …

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UTAH: Boy Scouts Delivered Pizza To Workers Processing Gay Marriage Licenses

Note the rainbow kerchief. Source.

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates Named Head Of Boy Scouts USA

Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who championed the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, has been named president of Boy Scouts USA. From their website: Gates’ appointment was made upon the recommendation of national volunteer and professional leaders including the BSA national nominating committee. This move means that upon approval of voting members of the National Council, Gates would …

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Boy Scouts To Lutheran Church: You Can Kick Out Gay Scouts If They Talk About It

From an agreement between Boy Scouts USA and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod comes a version of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod will respect the membership standard of the Boy Scouts of America, including the stipulation that membership in Scouting may not be denied to a child on the basis of sexual attraction alone, and the …

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UTAH: Boy Scout Leaders Topple Ancient Rock Formation, Face Felony Charges

Via the Salt Lake Tribune: A group of Boy Scout leaders is potentially facing felony charges for destroying a rock formation nearly 200 million years old. The trio of men was adventuring in Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park when they decided to film themselves knocking over one of the formations, known as “goblins.” One man can be seen leveraging himself …

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Anti-Gay Version Of Boy Scouts Launches

The Washington Times reports: At the opening session, John Stemberger, chairman of the board of Trail Life USA, teased the crowd of 1,200, saying he would not be surprised if there were “spies” from Grapevine, Texas — BSA’s home base — in the audience. That would make sense, since everyone from supporters to the curious want to know what’s being …

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Sexually Pure & Non-Flaunting

Here comes the alternative to the Boy Scouts. A conservative group said Tuesday it will form a rival alternative to the Boy Scouts of America, in the latest sign of backlash against the Scouts’ recent decision to admit gay youth. The splinter group, OnMyHonor.Net, said the new organization will offer an outdoors-oriented character-development program for boys similar to that of …

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Caterpillar Bulldozes Boy Scouts Dough

Heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar today announced that it will no longer fund the Boy Scouts because of the continuing ban on openly gay troop leaders. Caterpillar spokeswoman Rachel Potts said Thursday that the Caterpillar Foundation has decided to withdraw its supports for Boy Scouts of America. Potts says the company believes the group’s policy barring homosexual adults from serving as …

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Southern Baptists Denounce Boy Scouts

The Southern Baptist Convention has approved a resolution that formally condemns the Boy Scouts for agreeing to accept openly gay members. The resolution was voted on by members at the denomination’s annual meeting in Houston. It also calls on the Boy Scouts to remove executive and board leaders who tried to allow gays as both members and leaders without consulting …

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Perkins Slams Utah Boy Scouts

“If you’re wondering what happens in an organization that doesn’t have leadership or moral courage, look no farther than the Boy Scouts of America. After the BSA knuckled under to activists’ demands, the effects are already starting to show. As FRC predicted, it took no time at all for the influence of the radical Left to seep into a group …

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Boy Scouts March In Uniform At Utah Pride

A small group of Boy Scouts broke the rules yesterday when they marched in uniform with a Mormon organization in Salt Lake City’s pride parade. Peter Brownstein, a Scoutmaster in Salt Lake City who helped organize the Boy Scouts participation in the march, said a few adults and youth marched at the front of the parade in uniform, including a …

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