How the Boy Suts' ntroversial cisn banng gays affects s future
Contents:
- CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
- 'EXTREMELY DISAPPOTG': SUTS BOOT OPENLY GAY TROOP LEAR
- BOY SUTS VS. GAYS
- CONFSNS OF A GAY BOY SUT
- THE SUPREME COURT: THE NEW JERSEY CASE; SUPREME COURT BACKS BOY SUTS IN BAN OF GAYS FROM MEMBERSHIP
- 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
The Boy Suts of Ameri cut ti wh an openly gay Sutmaster Seattle after disverg his sexual orientatn. * scouts part 4 gay *
But the summer of 1990, Dale received a letter rmg him that his membership had been revoked, simply bee he was gay.
'EXTREMELY DISAPPOTG': SUTS BOOT OPENLY GAY TROOP LEAR
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Dpe Dale’s 12-year relatnship wh the Boy Suts, the anizatn severed their ti wh him after learng of a news article that intified him as the -print of his universy’s Lbian/Gay Alliance. In a 5-4 cisn, the Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the Boy Suts right to ny membership to openly gay dividuals.
BOY SUTS VS. GAYS
Ok I adm I too have lived the life of a gay boy sut. I loved my time suts. You n image the disappotment when suts show themselv as bigots * scouts part 4 gay *
On July 27, a full 25 years after they revoked Dale’s membership, the anizatn announced would extend membership to openly gay lears. More troublgly, though, the hatn also perpetuated the historic and homophobic perceptn of gay adults as promiscuo dividuals wh nefar tentns.
CONFSNS OF A GAY BOY SUT
Supreme Court, 5-4, l Boy Suts may exclu gay members bee opposn to homosexualy is part of anizatn's 'exprsive msage'; overturns New Jersey Supreme Court lg that applied state's anti-discrimatn law to require troop to readm longtime member and assistant sutmaster, Jam Dale, whom dismissed after learng he was gay; Chief Jtice William H Rehnquist wr majory opn; dissenters accept prciple that anizatn nnot be forced to adopt unwanted msage, but challenge s applitn se, holdg Boy Suts failed to show that they held opposn to homosexualy as key te before se; photo (M) * scouts part 4 gay *
Although is now possible for gay lears to serve openly the Boys Suts of Ameri, dog so is still jt that: a possibily, not a guarantee.
The Boy Suts has lifted s ban on openly gay lears and employe, but has allowed relig chartered anizatns, which operate more than 70 percent of the Boy Suts Sutg uns, “to e relig beliefs as creria for selectg adult lears, cludg matters of sexualy, ” acrdg to their announcement.
THE SUPREME COURT: THE NEW JERSEY CASE; SUPREME COURT BACKS BOY SUTS IN BAN OF GAYS FROM MEMBERSHIP
06/27/200101:32Sut Lear Big Gay AlSouth ParkS5 E2The boys attend their first Mounta Suts meetg wh sut lear Big Gay Al. 06/27/200100:54Homosexualy Is A ChoiceSouth ParkS5 E2When the other parents hear about Big Gay Al, they all voice their ncern.
BOY SUTS CHANGE POLICY ON GAY LEARS
06/27/200101:10Pky SwearSouth ParkS5 E2The Boy Suts' board of directors cis that Big Gay Al should be fired.
06/27/200100:56Get Your Big Gay Ass Off The CouchSouth ParkS5 E2The boys pay a vis to a very prsed Big Gay Al. The policy change that took effect on January 1 of 2014 means that no youth member of any BSA program n be expelled simply for beg gay, lbian, or bisexual. There are still nsiratns for Suts and Suters of all ag who are gay, lbian, bisexual, or qutng their sexual orientatn and want to be open and hont about who they are.