Jt over one year after liftg s ban on gay employe, the Boy Suts of Ameri announced would accept transgenr suts.
Contents:
- BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
- GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
- CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
- BOY SUTS OF AMERI LIFTS BAN ON GAY LEARS
- BOY SUTS' ACCEPTANCE OF GAY BOYS DRAWS HEATED REACTNS
- CHURCH MOVE TO CUT TI TO SUTS AFTER GAY POLICY CHANGE
- WILL THE BOY SUTS REVERSE ITS ANTI-GAY POLICY?
- BOY SUTS: WE'RE KEEPG POLICY BANNG GAYS
- BOY SUTS ARE POISED TO END BAN ON GAY LEARS
- TIMELE: THE BOY SUTS’ LONG HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY DISCRIMATN
- BOY SUTS VS. GAYS
BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
* boy scouts and gay policy *
Had the BSA fired him, many people believe that their actns would have been vlatn of New York State Law and that ’s unlikely that the BSA would have been able to succsfully fend their ban on gay employe urt. The reasons ced by the AP for the recent drop membership is petn om sports leagu, a perceptn that the BSA is old fashned and the BSA, however, has been steadily losg members, particularly om nservative Christian fai, sce 2013, when adopted an amendment that effectively lifts the ban on homosexual youth the an terview wh The Christian Post that year, Elizabeth Prchard, the pack mtee chair for Pack 928 Southlake, Texas, warned that the vote would acture the anizatn and sre away members who disagreed wh the lg.
GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
After lengthy and wrenchg bate, lol lears of the Boy Suts of Ameri have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactns om the left and right ma clear that the BSA's ntroversi are far om over. * boy scouts and gay policy *
Followg a two-year closed-door review, the Boy Suts of Ameri (BSA) has announced that will ntue wh s policy of excludg practicg homosexuals om membership and learship posns wh s ranks. While the BSA has long been a target of homosexual activists termed to force the anizatn to accept “gay” lears, the issue me to a head May when Boy Sut officials removed Jennifer Tyrrell as the lear of a Cub Sut troop Bridgeport, Oh when they disvered that she was a lbian.
Randall Stephenson is prently favored to take the reigns of the BSA executive board 2014, and will no doubt face heavy lobbyg om homosexual activists to change the group’s policy at that time.
CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
The ntroversi over gay Boy Suts and their lears have benefed alternative groups geared to the secular and the relig. * boy scouts and gay policy *
“Wh the untry movg toward cln, the lears of the Boy Suts of Ameri have stead sent a msage to young people that only some of them are valued, ” said Chad Griff of the Human Rights Campaign, the natn’s premier homosexual activist group.
Siarly, Darlene Nipper of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force acced the Boy Suts of turng “their backs on a chance to monstrate fairns, exercise sound judgment, and serve as a role mol for valug others. The BSA policy is “vastatg and dangero, ” sisted Signorile, “bee at a time when we’ve seen latg reports of young people … takg their own liv, suicis by gay kids often victimized and btalized by bulli. “Any parents good nsc [sic] mt realize what they are a party to by enrollg their kids an anizatn whose polici would help drive the hostily and vlence that gay kids experience every day this untry.
Supporters of the BSA pot out that the proscriptn agast homosexuals the anizatn, which exists to build solid character and tegry young men, is extribly tied to the official Boy Sut Oath, which requir that the nduct of the group’s members — as well as s lears — rema “morally straight. "The Human Rights Campaign appld the cisn but lled on BSA to extend to “full LGBTQ cln for both employe and volunteers, ” notg that the policy change allowg gay employe and volunteers did not extend to transgenr adults.
BOY SUTS OF AMERI LIFTS BAN ON GAY LEARS
Church Move To Cut Ti To Suts After Gay Policy Change * boy scouts and gay policy *
While acceptance and support for the rights of gays and lbians the Uned Stat has steadily grown over the past few s, some dividuals and anizatns have neverthels been slow to adapt their views to a changg society. While the BSA do not proactively quire about the sexual orientatn of employe, volunteers, or members, we do not grant membership to dividuals who are open or avowed homosexuals or who engage behavr that would bee a distractn to the missn of the BSA.
BOY SUTS' ACCEPTANCE OF GAY BOYS DRAWS HEATED REACTNS
UPDATE: In a statement, the Boy Suts of Ameri has clarified s posn on the issue of gay membership. "Contrary to media reports, the Boy Suts of Ameri has no plans to change s membership policy. * boy scouts and gay policy *
"The Boy Suts of Ameri is one of the last cultural stutns to have discrimatn as part of their policy, " said Richard Ferraro, vice print for munitns wh the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, notg that the Girl Suts, the Boys and Girls Clubs, the 4-H Clubs and now even the ary forbid discrimatn based on sexual orientatn.
In a more recent cint that has drawn wispread attentn, an openly gay 17-year-old Boy Sut named Ryan Andren om California was nied the rank of Eagle Sut - the anizatn's hight honor - bee of his sexualy.
CHURCH MOVE TO CUT TI TO SUTS AFTER GAY POLICY CHANGE
The group is nsirg a move away om a mandatory no-gays membership policy. * boy scouts and gay policy *
In our first public mpaign, we are vg current and former members of the sutg muny to share their stori about how the BSA's discrimatory policy regardg homosexual suts and sut lears has affected them orr to asss support for changg this policy om wh the sutg muny.
WILL THE BOY SUTS REVERSE ITS ANTI-GAY POLICY?
The Boy Suts of Ameri have been fightg gay members for s. * boy scouts and gay policy *
” 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.
BOY SUTS: WE'RE KEEPG POLICY BANNG GAYS
How the Boy Suts' ntroversial cisn banng gays affects s future * boy scouts and gay policy *
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.
BOY SUTS ARE POISED TO END BAN ON GAY LEARS
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. 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!
TIMELE: THE BOY SUTS’ LONG HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY DISCRIMATN
This policy change was cricized by people and groups on both sis of the issue; LGBTQ anizatns felt didn’t go far enough and relig groups were agast allowg openly gay youth to be members. This lson provis an opportuny for stunts to learn more about the evolutn of the Boy Suts’ posn on gay members and lears, analyze Robert Gat’ recent speech on the issue and explore stunts’ own pots of view by wrg persuasive says. Lol lears of the Boy Suts of Ameri voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted to the natn's leadg youth anizatn -- one of the most dramatic mov the anizatn has ma a Otero/APDAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Prs.
BOY SUTS VS. GAYS
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenchg bate, lol lears of the Boy Suts of Ameri have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactns om the left and right ma clear that the BSA's ntroversi are far om Suts' longstandg ban on gay adults remas force, and many liberal Sut lears -- as well as gay-rights groups -- plan to ntue prsg for an end to that excln even though the BSA's top officials aren't ready for that step. "However, the oute will not end the membership policy bate, as was evint the reactns of lears of some of the nservative relig nomatns that sponsor Sut Suts om right, Joey Kalich, 10, Steven Grime, 7, and Jonathon Grime, 9, raise their hands at the close of a news nference held by people agast the change the Boy Suts of Ameri gay policy Wednday, May 22, 2013, Grapeve, Otero/ASSOCIATED PRESS"We are eply sadned, " said Frank Page, print of the Southern Baptist Conventn's executive mtee. " It also warned that the change would make the BSA vulnerable to lawsus seekg to end the ban on gay Stembeger, a nservative activist and former Sut om Florida, found a group lled to oppose the policy change.