Tag Archives: Boy Scouts

New ABC Poll Reveals Broad Support On Multiple LGBT-Related Issues

ABC News reports on their latest poll: Backing is widest and deepest for Collins, with 68 percent of Americans saying they support the NBA center’s decision to announce his sexual orientation. Those who “strongly” support his step outnumber his strong critics by a 3-1 margin. A substantial 63 percent in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, also …

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Frank Bruni On The Boy Scouts

“The Episcopal Church wants all aspects of the ban lifted, as does the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, whose former chairman, a Baltimore lawyer named Jay Lenrow, told me that while no troop should be forced to choose a gay leader, no troop should be prevented from doing so, either. “He noted that our country was founded on a principle …

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Rick Perry: Boy Scouts Must Resist Gays Like Sam Houston Resisted Slavery

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PHILADELPHIA: Boy Scouts To Vacate Rent-Free Local Headquarters

After years of legal battles, Philadelphia’s local Boy Scouts group has agreed to abandon the city-owned building they’ve occupied rent-free for 85 years.  The city has agreed to pay the Boy Scouts $825,000 for physical improvements they made to the facility. The group’s rent-free use of the building came under fire after the Boy Scouts of America barred gays from …

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Alan Keyes: Gay Scouts Will Force Other Boys To Be Gay Themselves

“The latest proposal for ending the BSA’s ban on homosexual participation in Scouting is a strategic ploy. What is most disturbing is that it uses the young participants in the Scouting movement as cannon fodder in the battle against the natural family. Some youngsters will be positioned to draw other youngsters into situations where, because they react against sexual advances …

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Mormon Church Backs Gay Scouts

The Mormon Church has posted a statement in which they back the Boy Scouts USA plan to allow openly gay Scouts, but not gay leaders. Here is the statement in full: Over the past several weeks BSA has undertaken the difficult task of reviewing its membership standards policy. In their own words, this undertaking has been ‘the most comprehensive listening …

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In A Nutshell

Via Memeograph.

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Boy Scouts Release Executive Summary Of Their Study On Membership Standards

Above is an excerpt from the Boy Scouts USA’s document titled “Membership Standards Study Initiative Executive Summary.” Embiggen to read. (Via JMG reader David)

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Boy Scouts Ban On Openly Gay Members Might Be Ending, Vote Is Due In May

Openly gay leaders, it appears, will remain banned. Reuters has the news: The Boy Scouts of America called to end a long-standing ban on openly gay members, a spokesman said on Friday, but the organization’s board must still vote in May on whether to ratify the resolution. If the vote is approved, “no youth may be denied membership in the …

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Don’t Let The US Boy Scouts Turn Against God Like They Did In Canada & Britain

The latest bile from the Family Research Council.

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UK Scouts: Join Us At Pride

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)

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Tony Perkins Slams Madonna

“The same Madonna with song titles that couldn’t be read aloud on network television, even invoked Christ. ‘It’s so absurd. What did Jesus teach? Love your neighbor as yourself.’ It has always amazed me how people who have done everything possible to push God and His standard from our country feel free to invoke this passage of scripture. It only …

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Wingnuts Slam Madonna

Hit the headlines for the vitriol.

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Bill Gates: Boy Scout Should Lift Gay Ban

(Via Towleroad)

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Don’t Call Her, Not Even Maybe

Yesterday GLAAD reported that the band Train has also pulled out of the event.

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Texas Haters Rally For Boy Scouts

Note the horrible anti-gay signs. Those poor kids. (Via Good As You)

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Christian TV On Boy Scouts Delay

“Bishop” Harry Jackson appeared on the 700 Club yesterday to say that the Boy Scouts “probably have dirty laundry that is being held over their heads” by gay activists.

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Ellen Degeneres On Boy Scouts Delay

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Perkins Claims Boy Scouts Victory

“Last week, it was a done deal. Or so thought some of the Boy Scouts of America’s national Board of Directors. The board was poised to revoke their longstanding policy against having openly homosexual leaders and Scouts. Only a perfunctory discussion this week stood in the way, and the board would make the decision, appeasing corporate elites and homosexual activists. …

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Boy Scouts Delay Decision

UPDATE: Here’s the official statement. For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America has been a part of the fabric of this nation, providing it’s youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. In the past two weeks, Scouting has received an outpouring of feedback from the American public. It reinforces how deeply people care about Scouting and how …

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