An explaer on how the group has evolved w/ social issu over the years (ie. allowg gays, gay lears, now transgenr, etc.)
Contents:
- 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 OF AMERI VOT TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS
- BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
- BOY SUTS CUT AGE LIM TO 18 MOVE THAT WILL IMPACT GAYS
- BOY SUTS CHANGE POLICY ON GAY LEARS
- A MIXED MSAGE FOR GAY BOY SUTS
- FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
- CONFSNS OF A GAY BOY SUT
CAN A GAY BOY SUT SHARE A TENT WH ANOTHER BOY? BOY SUTS SURVEY MEMBERS ON ANTI-GAY POLICY
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“Bob is 15 years old, and the only openly gay Sut a Boy Sut troop.
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 and boy scouts *
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.
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 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 and 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.
BOY SUTS LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
The Boy Suts of Ameri announced Monday that ’s liftg the ban on gay adults as Sut lears. * gay and boy scouts *
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BOY SUTS CUT AGE LIM TO 18 MOVE THAT WILL IMPACT GAYS
': Call- war waged over Boy Suts' ban on gays. Later, 2015, lifted s ban on gay sutmasters, spe the anizatn’s history of sexual abe by the same.
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.
BOY SUTS CHANGE POLICY ON GAY LEARS
In fact, BSA dit a whole paragraph s Sut or Sutmaster eligibily requirements to those who have homosexual clatns. 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. An all-male anizatn cludg gays should have secured the protectn and safety of the young Suts participatg the BSA. What about gays jog the Suts?
A MIXED MSAGE FOR GAY BOY SUTS
From s foundg, the group had a strict policy: No openly gay members.
“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. In 2014, Tsier, a 17-year-old om Maryland, beme the first openly gay Eagle Sut.
FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
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.
CONFSNS OF A GAY BOY SUT
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.
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.