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.
Contents:
- 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
- GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
- BOY SUTS PANEL ADOPTS ROLUTN TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS
- BOY SUTS OF AMERI ENDS BAN ON GAY ADULT LEARS
- BOY SUTS OF AMERI TO ALLOW GAY ADULT LEARS; CHURCH-N UNS N KEEP THE EXCLN
- THE BOY SUTS AND THEIR POLICY AGAST GAY LEARS
- BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS
- BOY SUTS END BAN ON GAY LEARS, OVER PROTTS BY MORMON CHURCH
- BOY SUTS OF AMERI LIFTS BAN ON GAY LEARS
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 lears. * boy scouts of america gay leaders *
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. "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.
"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. 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 LOST 2 LN MEMBERS SCE LIFTG BAN ON GAY YOUTH; NOW MIRED SEX ABE CLAIMS
Jt over one year after liftg s ban on gay employe, the Boy Suts of Ameri announced would accept transgenr suts. * boy scouts of america gay leaders *
"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. KurkiisEight years after liftg a ban on homosexual youth when boasted more than 2.
GAY BOY SUTS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BOYS?
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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.
"Sce 2013, the BSA announced further chang s membership policy allowg openly gay sut lears 2015. 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.
BOY SUTS PANEL ADOPTS ROLUTN TO ALLOW GAY SUT LEARS
But church-sponsored sut uns will be able to mata the excln of gay adult lears bee of their fah * boy scouts of america gay leaders *
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.
BOY SUTS OF AMERI ENDS BAN ON GAY ADULT LEARS
The Boy Suts of Ameri has end s blanket ban on gay adult lears but will allow church-sponsored Sut uns to mata the excln for relig reasons. * boy scouts of america gay leaders *
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. 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.
Jt over one year after liftg s ban on gay employe, the Boy Suts of Ameri has announced will accept transgenr boys as members of s sutg chapters natnwi.
BOY SUTS OF AMERI TO ALLOW GAY ADULT LEARS; CHURCH-N UNS N KEEP THE EXCLN
Ray Suarez vtigat the ntroversy surroundg the Boy Suts and their policy agast gay lears. * boy scouts of america gay leaders *
"The Human Rights Campaign appld the cisn but lled on BSA to extend to “full LGBTQ cln for both employe and volunteers, ” notg that the policy change allowg gay employe and volunteers did not extend to transgenr adults. The executive mtee of the Boy Suts of Ameri has unanimoly adopted a rolutn that would allow gay adults to serve as Sut lears, endg a longstandg ban on gay lears the anizatn. " The move months after Robert Gat, the print of the Boy Suts of Ameri, lled on the anizatn to reasss s ban on gay adults, sayg, "We mt al wh the world as is, not as we might wish to be.
" He also told NPR "gays would be permted uns that want to have them, " but church that sponsor Sut uns would be allowed to exercise their relig eedom and ensure lears troops they sponsor, or uns that they sponsor, reflect the fah of the sponsorg stutn. The BSA voted 2013 to allow gay members, but not sutmasters. 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. 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 BOY SUTS AND THEIR POLICY AGAST GAY LEARS
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. * boy scouts of america gay leaders *
This after the Boy Suts’ move two years ago to lift s ban on membership to gay youth. 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. The recent cisn to fally end the ban on openly gay lears should, therefore, be celebrated.
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.
BOY SUTS TO REPEAL BAN ON GAY LEARS, WH LIMATNS
The change will head off loomg discrimatn lawsus but will still allow church-based uns to exclu gay adults. The Mormon Church, the untry’s largt sponsor of Sut uns, said might leave. * boy scouts of america gay leaders *
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 Boy Suts’ exemptns thereby mata rtrictns on pable and willg gay lears.
The Boy Suts have voted to allow gay adults to serve as troop 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 END BAN ON GAY LEARS, OVER PROTTS BY MORMON CHURCH
Boy Suts of Ameri to officially lift ban on gay sut lears.
BOY SUTS OF AMERI LIFTS BAN ON GAY 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.
NY Boy Suts hire first openly gay Eagle Sut. -Gay lears who were prevly removed om Sutg bee of the ban would have the opportuny to reapply for volunteer posns.