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The Boy Suts of Ameri announced Monday that ’s liftg the ban on gay adults as Sut lears.

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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.) * gay in boy scouts *

What about gays jog the Suts? From s foundg, the group had a strict policy: No openly gay members.

GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?

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

“Boy Suts of Ameri, ” the group said, “believ that homosexual nduct is nsistent wh the obligatns the Sut Oath and Sut Law to be morally straight and clean thought, word and ed. ) The advent of the Obama admistratn led to several polici aimed at improvg the liv of gays and lbians, and the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that banned openly gay men, lbians and bisexuals om ary service was overturned same year, the Boy Suts of Ameri executive board began what would bee a two-year review of s policy on gays. But 2013, as the group faced cricism om lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights groups that assailed as phg discrimatory polici, the Boy Suts formally announced an end to s ban on gay Suts.

What about gay adult lears? This created a nundm: Once a gay boy turned 18, he would be barred om the was the challenge facg Pasl Tsier.

BOY SUTS OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS

The cisn uld impact the eligibily of thoands of young men and women an anizatn that had voted to allow gay teens to jo. * gay in boy scouts *

In 2014, Tsier, a 17-year-old om Maryland, beme the first openly gay Eagle Sut. Gat, who served unr Print Obama when “don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed, urged the group to end s ban on gay lears. Eventually, the executive board sid wh Gat and voted that year to end the policy on gay adult lears.

Wahls, who found Suts for Equaly, a nonprof group that advot for stronger protectns the anizatn for gay and transgenr people, ld the move. “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.

BOY SUTS CUT AGE LIM TO 18 MOVE THAT WILL IMPACT 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 * gay in boy scouts *

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. Is acceptable or unacceptable for the gay adult lear to take adolcent boys on an overnight mpg trip?

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

Openly gay youths will be allowed to jo sutg, a historic cisn the Boy Suts of Ameri says will keep uncloud by “a sgle, divisive, and unrolved societal issue.” * gay in boy scouts *

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. Steve, an openly gay youth, appli to be a member the troop and is nied membership.

CONFSNS OF A GAY BOY SUT

The Boy Suts of Ameri's Natnal Executive Board will meet July 27 to ratify the rolutn to end the longstandg ban on gay Sut lears. * gay in boy scouts *

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Later, 2015, lifted s ban on gay sutmasters, spe the anizatn’s history of sexual abe by the same.

BOY SUTS TO ALLOW GAY YOUTHS TO JO

BSA Embrac Homosexual Suts and Sutmasters.

In 1990, the BSA revoked Jam Dale’s volvement on the grounds that homosexuals were banned om membership.

BOY SUTS PANEL ADOPTS ROLUTN TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS

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 CHANGE POLICY ON GAY 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). The Boy Suts of Ameri, changg s polici to clu homosexuals, opened Pandora’s box.

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