Boy Suts lost 2 ln members sce liftg ban on gay youth | U.S. News

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?
• BOY SUTS OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS
• BOY SUTS CHANGE POLICY ON GAY LEARS
• CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
• BOY SUTS RENFIRM POLICY: NO GAYS ALLOWED
• BOY SUTS OF AMERI LIFTS BAN ON GAY LEARS
• BOY SUTS LEARSHIP AFFIRMS POLICY OF EXCLUDG ‘OPEN OR AVOWED’ GAYS
• BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS
• BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO
• THE BOY SUTS AND THEIR POLICY AGAST GAY LEARS

BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS

KurkiisEight years after liftg a ban on homosexual youth when boasted more than 2. 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.

"Sce 2013, the BSA announced further chang s membership policy allowg openly gay sut lears 2015. Later, 2015, lifted s ban on gay sutmasters, spe the anizatn’s history of sexual abe by the same.

GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?

BSA Embrac Homosexual Suts and Sutmasters. In 1990, the BSA revoked Jam Dale’s volvement on the grounds that homosexuals were banned om membership. At the time, the BSA stated that havg gay Sutmasters ntradicted the Sut Oath keepg s members “morally straight.

In 2013, the Boy Suts cid to adm openly gay Suts.

In 2015, the ban on gay Sutmasters was lifted. In fact, BSA dit a whole paragraph s Sut or Sutmaster eligibily requirements to those who have homosexual clatns.

BOY SUTS OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS

In jt a ltle over a , BSA pletely reversed s valu regardg homosexual members. The Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms homosexualy, the clatn of beg sexually attracted to the same sex, is herently disorred (CCC 2357).

BOY SUTS CHANGE POLICY ON GAY LEARS

The Boy Suts of Ameri, changg s polici to clu homosexuals, opened Pandora’s box. An all-male anizatn cludg gays should have secured the protectn and safety of the young Suts participatg the BSA.

CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY

The erng body of the Boy Suts of Ameri voted Monday to end s s-long ban on gay sut 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 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 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.

"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 then, sutg officials have said, rapidly movg legal velopments forced a told the anizatn May that mt brace for change. "The vote allowg lol uns to turn away gay lears was nmned by some former Sut lears as a timid measure that would allow discrimatn to McGrah, a gay adult lear om wh the Transatlantic Council of Boy Suts of Ameri, lled the vote "an expedient move to preempt legal actn agast BSA natnal, rather than a genue attempt to make BSA clive. "John Stemberger, a Florida lawyer who started a breakaway anizatn lled Trail Life USA after the 2013 vote to adm gay Suts, said by endg the natnal ban on gay sut lears, the Boy Suts "plac the church and relig stutns who sponsor BSA troops at greater legal risk.

But some church have been openly cril of the ban on gay sut lears.

BOY SUTS RENFIRM POLICY: NO GAYS ALLOWED

Supreme Court upheld the Suts' right to exclu an assistant sutmaster, Jam Dale, after he me out as gay.

"Today’s vote by the Boy Suts of Ameri to allow gay, lbian and bisexual adults to work and volunteer is a wele step toward erasg a sta on this important anizatn, " said Human Rights Campaign Print Chad Griff a statement after the vote. Boy Suts of Ameri announced Monday would lift s ban on gay lears.

The Boy Suts of Ameri announced Monday that ’s liftg the ban on gay adults as Sut lears. “On Monday July 27 the natnal executive board ratified a rolutn removg the natnal rtrictn on openly gay lears and employe, ” Boy Suts of Ameri Print Robert Gat said a vio statement on Monday. Boy Suts move closer to endg ban on gay lears.

BOY SUTS OF AMERI LIFTS BAN ON GAY LEARS

“Today’s vote by the Boy Suts of Ameri to allow gay, lbian and bisexual adults to work and volunteer is a wele step toward erasg a sta on this important anizatn, ” said Human Rrights Campaign Print Chad Griff a statement.

“However, the admissn of openly gay lears is nsistent wh the doctr of the Church and what have tradnally been the valu of the Boy Suts of Ameri. Gat lled for the Suts to end s ban on gay adults remarks (PDF) at the anizatn’s natnal bs meetg, held May 21.

However, former Boy Sut learship team member Jon Langbert told CNN’s Carol Costello he believ the new policy isn’t a cure-all, sce lol troops will still be allowed to make the cisn on whether to allow gay lears.

BOY SUTS LEARSHIP AFFIRMS POLICY OF EXCLUDG ‘OPEN OR AVOWED’ GAYS

” asked Langbert, who is openly gay and says he gave up his learship role when other fathers plaed. “It creat a b of a ms when you don’t have one global policy for the Suts, ” Langbert add, notg that the natnal anizatn allows gay adults as employe. Gay youths have been allowed the Boy Suts sce 2013.

As of 2014, no youth member (unr 18 years old) of any BSA program n be expelled simply for beg gay, lbian, or bisexual. District, uncil, natnal) n be expelled simply for beg gay, lbian, or bisexual.

BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS

Did the Boy Suts have a legal right to exclu gay people om learship and membership posns for so long? In the sprg of 2015, Pasl Tsier – an openly gay man – was hired by the Greater New York Councils for a summer mp posn, spe of the natnal 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 problems that gay adolcents experience are the rults of isolatn and social disapproval, and many siar “safe space” projects (often g stickers on classroom doors, lockers, etc.

BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO

Beg secretly gay themselv). If spicn of beg gay uld rult your child beg bullied, then there may be eper ncerns about their Sutg peers and environment.

Early 2012, Jennifer Tyrrell was removed om her son’s Cub Sut Pack bee she was gay. In the fall of 2012, Ryan Andren was nied his Eagle Award for beg gay. The Gay, Lbian, Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) has already veloped age-appropriate rourc for young people gras K-12.

“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 BOY SUTS AND THEIR POLICY AGAST GAY LEARS

” 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. 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.