Gay Boy Suts - What Happened to the BSA? | Human Life Internatnal

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• CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
• GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
• BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
• BOY SUTS OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS
• ALMOST-EAGLE SUT NIED AWARD BEE HE IS GAY
• BOY SUTS CUT AGE LIM TO 18 MOVE THAT WILL IMPACT GAYS
• GAY TEEN NIED EAGLE SUT: 'CHANGE IS HAPPENG' OVER BOY SUTS ANTI-GAY POLICY
• BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS
• 'EXTREMELY DISAPPOTG': SUTS BOOT OPENLY GAY TROOP LEAR

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

“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. This created a nundm: Once a gay boy turned 18, he would be barred om the was the challenge facg Pasl Tsier. Gat, who served unr Print Obama when “don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed, urged the group to end s ban on gay lears.

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

GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?

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?

A troop is chartered by an anizatn that do not believe homosexualy is wrong and allows gays to be misters. Johnny’s pack is chartered to a church where the doctre of that fah do not teach that homosexualy is wrong. His troop is chartered to a church where the doctre of that fah also teach that homosexualy is wrong.

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

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! 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 fact, BSA dit a whole paragraph s Sut or Sutmaster eligibily requirements to those who have homosexual clatns. 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 OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS

An all-male anizatn cludg gays should have secured the protectn and safety of the young Suts participatg the BSA. Followg a long-standg ntroversy, the anizatn 2014 lifted their ban on openly gay members, 2015 allowed openly gay adult sut lears for the first time, and 2017 allowed transgenr boys to jo for the first time.

Dpe matag their partnership wh the Suts up until the May 2018 announcement, Church lears have recent years greeted succsive BSA announcements about the cln of gay, transgenr and female members wh obv unease and utn.

The Mormon Church officially accepts openly gay and lbian dividuals as members and lears, but only if they rema celibate, as the Church's web se not: "Sexual relatns between a man and woman who are not married, or between people of the same sex, vlate one of our Father Heaven’s most important laws and get the way of our eternal progrs. When the BSA moved to accept gay and transgenr members recent years, the Church obtaed assuranc om the Suts that the Church uld "operate s programs ways that are nsistent wh our standards and beliefs. 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.

ALMOST-EAGLE SUT NIED AWARD BEE HE IS GAY

As the Encyclopedia Branni not, for s the Boy Suts of Ameri clud phras like "morally straight" and "clean" as requirements for membership — phras which very much terpreted to mean "not gay. " In 1999, expelled an assistant sutmaster named Jam Dale when disvered Dale was homosexual and very active the gay rights movement. As The Los Angel Tim reports, 2010 the Boy Suts lnched an official review of their polici at a time when more than half the untry supported gay marriage.

It took three years and even more prsure om LGBTQ groups, but 2013 the Boy Suts end s ban on gay members. 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.

BOY SUTS CUT AGE LIM TO 18 MOVE THAT WILL IMPACT GAYS

"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.

GAY TEEN NIED EAGLE SUT: 'CHANGE IS HAPPENG' OVER BOY SUTS ANTI-GAY POLICY

"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.

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. But the summer of 1990, Dale received a letter rmg him that his membership had been revoked, simply bee he was gay.

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.

BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS

In a 5-4 cisn, the Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the Boy Suts right to ny membership to openly gay dividuals. On July 27, a full 25 years after they revoked Dale’s membership, the anizatn announced would extend membership to openly gay lears. The cisn was an important step, but bee left the ban place for openly gay lears, was an unsatisfyg one.

More troublgly, though, the hatn also perpetuated the historic and homophobic perceptn of gay adults as promiscuo dividuals wh nefar tentns. 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.

ET on Friday -- Ryan Andren had recently pleted the requirements to earng his Eagle Sut award, cludg his fal project of buildg a "tolerance wall" for victims of bullyg like himself, but his Sutmaster would not sign off on honorg him wh the Boy Suts’ hight rankg bee he is gay, his mother late Thursday, the Boy Suts of Ameri said a statement that bee of Andren's sexual orientatn and that he did not agree to Sutg’s prciple of "Duty to God, " “he is no longer eligible for membership Sutg. ” But the fay on Friday disputed that, sayg the only reason Andren was nied the rank is "bee the Boy Suts of Ameri has a problem wh Ryan beg gay. "The Boy Suts of Ameri have a longstandg policy nyg membership to gay lears and Suts, which they reaffirmed earlier this year after a two-year nfintial review of the ntroversial ban.

'EXTREMELY DISAPPOTG': SUTS BOOT OPENLY GAY TROOP LEAR

Ryan has never said that he do not believe a higher power, and the only reason he's beg nied the rank of Eagle is bee the Boy Suts of Ameri has a problem wh Ryan beg gay.

More than two ln young men have earned the Andren stands ont of aCourty of Andren fayDozens of Eagle Suts said onle postgs after the Boy Suts, a private anizatn, reaffirmed s policy banng gays that they had returned their medals, badg or membership rds prott. At the time, BSA spokman Deron Smh said there were no plans to revis the membership Suts return badg to prott policy banng gaysBoy Suts: We're keepg policy banng gaysBoy Suts review ntroversial anti-gay policyEagle Sut son of lbian moms: Boys Suts mt end gay discrimatnGay mom upset after dismissal by Boy SutsActivist groups stepped up their mpaign to end the policy after Jennifer Tyrrell, n lear of her son’s Tiger Cub pack Bridgeport, Oh, was removed om her post April bee she is a lbian.