The cisn uld impact the eligibily of thoands of young men and women an anizatn that had voted to allow gay teens to jo.
Contents:
- CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
- GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
- OP-ED: MY LIFE AS A GAY BOY SUT
- BOY SUTS CUT AGE LIM TO 18 MOVE THAT WILL IMPACT GAYS
- BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO
- FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
An explaer on how the group has evolved w/ social issu over the years (ie. allowg gays, gay lears, now transgenr, etc.) * boy gay scout *
“Bob is 15 years old, and the only openly gay Sut a Boy Sut troop. At his board of review Tom reveals that he is gay. ” The are some of the qutns on a survey beg nducted by the Boy Suts of Ameri as the private youth anizatn prepar to ci whether should end s ntroversial policy banng gay Suts and lears.
GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
Gay thor Christopher Bram reunts how sutg helped him make through adolcence and disver his te self. * boy gay scout *
But this time, the BSA ed the survey to add qutns about the policy banng gays (those qutns went only to adults) spokman Deron Smh, who provid the qutns on the survey to NBC News, said an email that “the BSA is mted to dialogue on the topic of s membership standards policy, wh the Sutg fay at the lol and natnal levels. The Boy Suts’ policy has creasgly been a sore spot for the anizatn over the last year, followg the dismissal of a n lear bee she is a lbian and the nial of the Eagle Sut rank to a California teen bee he is gay.
Tristam HarrgtonWhen the BSA announced late January that may dch the natnal policy and stead let lol sponsorg anizatns ci if gays n jo, the anizatn received a flood of rpons om both sis. The Boy Suts have asked for the surveys to be returned by April BSA also asked if the currently policy was a “re value” of Sutg and if rponnts would leave the BSA if a cisn was ma that disagreed wh their qutns on the survey clu:A gay male troop lear, along wh another adult lear, is takg a group of boys on a mpg trip followg the youth protectn guil of two-ep learship.
OP-ED: MY LIFE AS A GAY BOY SUT
* boy gay scout *
Is acceptable or unacceptable for the gay adult lear to take adolcent boys on an overnight mpg trip? A troop is chartered by an anizatn that do not believe homosexualy is wrong and allows gays to be misters. The ngregatn hir a youth mister who is gay.
Johnny’s pack is chartered to a church where the doctre of that fah do not teach that homosexualy is wrong. David, a Boy Sut, believ that homosexualy is wrong. His troop is chartered to a church where the doctre of that fah also teach that homosexualy is wrong.
BOY SUTS CUT AGE LIM TO 18 MOVE THAT WILL IMPACT GAYS
Steve, an openly gay youth, appli to be a member the troop and is nied membership.
BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO
Related stori: Boy Suts: We need more time for cisn on gay SutsAfter years of heartache, gay Suts and supporters react warily over proposal to lift ban'Gravely distrsed': Relign looms large over Boy Suts cisn on gays 'BATTLESTATIONS! ': Call- war waged over Boy Suts' ban on gays. The erng body of the Boy Suts of Ameri voted Monday to end s s-long ban on gay sut lears.The anizatn's natnal executive board, meetg Texas, nclud that the policy of excludg gay adults "was no longer legally fensible." The cisn was approved by 79 percent of the board.While the natnal ban is gone, effective immediately, lol sutg uns reta the abily to reject gay applints for learship posns if hirg them would vlate the un's relig beliefs.The Boy Suts natnal anizatn said would fend any lol sutg group's "good fah refal" to adm a sutg lear based upon the group's relig prcipl."This change allows Sutg's members and parents to select lol uns, chartered by anizatns wh siar beliefs, that bt meet the needs of their fai," said a statement om the Suts' learship."For far too long this issue has divid and distracted ," former Defense Secretary Robert Gat, Sutg's current print, said a statement.
FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
"Now 's time to une behd our shared belief the extraordary power of Sutg to be a force for good a muny and the liv of s youth members."The vote reprents a remarkably fast turnaround for the Boy Suts, which only two years ago voted to adm gay young people as suts but kept the ban on adult gay sut lears.Sce then, sutg officials have said, rapidly movg legal velopments forced a reasssment.Gat told the anizatn May that mt brace for change."We mt al wh the world as is, not as we might wish to be.