Boy Suts of Ameri’s Executive Commtee Unanimoly Approv End to Ban on Gay Adults – Suts for Equaly

Contents:

• BOY SUTS OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS
• BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS
• BOY SUTS OF AMERI ENDS BAN ON GAY ADULT LEARS
• BOY SUTS PANEL ADOPTS ROLUTN TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS
• BOY SUTS CHANGE POLICY ON GAY LEARS
• GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
• THE BOY SUTS AND THEIR POLICY AGAST GAY LEARS
• BOY SUTS OF AMERI TO ALLOW GAY ADULT LEARS
• BOY SUTS OF AMERI’S EXECUTIVE COMMTEE UNANIMOLY APPROV END TO BAN ON GAY ADULTS

BOY SUTS OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS

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.

BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS

" 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.

BOY SUTS OF AMERI ENDS BAN ON GAY ADULT LEARS

"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.

BOY SUTS PANEL ADOPTS ROLUTN TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS

But some church have been openly cril of the ban on gay sut lears. Supreme Court upheld the Suts' right to exclu an assistant sutmaster, Jam Dale, after he me out as gay.

BOY SUTS CHANGE POLICY 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 Rights Campaign Print Chad Griff a statement after the vote. The Boy Suts of Ameri is expected to end s ban on openly gay lears a limed manner Monday, a historic cisn for one of the natn’s largt youth anizatns, whose s-long stggle over whether to clu gays s ranks has both mirrored and fueled the broar natnal bate over LGBT rights. The Suts’ current adult learship standards policy prohibs membership to “dividuals who are open or avowed homosexuals.

Over the past two s, the anizatn has been creasgly embroiled by battl over whether to ntue excludg gays, a stance that has threatened the Suts wh the specter of stly ligatn and ed some rporate sponsors, cludg Merck, UPS, Uned Way and Intel to whdraw support. In 2013, the Suts cid to allow gay youths to participate sutg, a policy that took effect the followg year. Secretary of Defense, ed a speech at the Boy Suts’ annual natnal meetg this year to ll on the anizatn to repeal the ban on openly gay adults.

GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?

In his speech, Gat said that a number of factors, cludg potential discrimatn lawsus, ternal disput over the policy and the impendg Supreme Court gay marriage cisn had nvced him that the le was untenable. The Boy Suts have voted to allow gay adults to serve as troop lears.

THE BOY SUTS AND THEIR POLICY AGAST GAY LEARS

Boy Suts vote to lift ban on gay sut lears. NEW YORK -- The Boy Suts of Ameri on Monday end s blanket ban on gay adult lears while allowg church-sponsored Sut uns to mata the excln for relig new policy, aimed at easg a ntroversy that has embroiled the Boy Suts for years, tak effect immediately.

The stage had been set for Monday's actn on May 21, when Gat told the Suts' natnal meetg that the long-standg ban on participatn by openly gay adults was no longer staable. Boy Suts of Ameri to officially lift ban on gay sut lears.

BOY SUTS OF AMERI TO ALLOW GAY ADULT LEARS

"In 2013, after heated ternal bate, the BSA cid to allow openly gay youth as suts, but not gay adults as lears. Several nomatns that llectively sponsor close to half of all Sut uns -- cludg the Roman Catholic church, the Mormon church and the Southern Baptist Conventn -- have been apprehensive about endg the ban on gay BSA's top lears have pledged to fend the right of any church-sponsored uns to ntue excludg gays as adult volunteers.

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-Gay lears who were prevly removed om Sutg bee of the ban would have the opportuny to reapply for volunteer posns. -If otherwise qualified, a gay adult would be eligible to serve as a Sutmaster or un, who beme the BSA's print May 2014, said at the time that he personally would have favored endg the ban on gay adults, but he opposed any further bate after the Suts' policymakg body upheld the ban.

BOY SUTS OF AMERI’S EXECUTIVE COMMTEE UNANIMOLY APPROV END TO BAN ON GAY ADULTS

Boy Suts print qutns ban on gay adults.