Articles about Boy Scout

9 May 2013
US: 50-year Boy Scout veteran resigns, citing anti-gay policy 2 A member of the Boy Scouts of America for over 50 years has resigned over the organisation's discriminatory policy which does not allow openly gay volunteers, members or staff.
30 April 2013
US radio host: If they allow gay members, ‘what will Boy Scout leaders say to Jesus when they meet him?’ 22 A US Christian radio host has questioned what the "monster" Boy Scouts of America's leaders will "say to Jesus when the meet him", if they allow gay members.
26 April 2013
US radio host: Beware of plan to ‘homosexualize the Scouts’ through ‘boy-on-boy homosexual promotion’ 18 A US radio host has spoken out against the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) recent announcement that it may lift its ban on gay members, but retain its ban on gay scout leaders, to say it would be "dangerous", and would "homosexualize" the organisation.
25 April 2013
Video: Eagle Scout and LGBT activist speaks out against Boy Scouts anti-gay ban 1 The founder of an organisation which advocates against the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) anti-gay policy, has released a video of himself telling his, and his mother's story, and has emphasised the importance of the organisation lifting its ban entirely.
30 January 2013
US: Gay boy scout hopeful for national change after vote on anti-gay policy 1 The family of a Californian teenage boy scout who was denied the Eagle Scout award because he was openly gay, has welcomed an upcoming vote by the Boy Scouts of America's board, on whether to drop a national ban on gay members, volunteers and staff.
29 January 2013
Bryan Fischer: Scouts could allow access to paedophiles by lifting anti-gay ban 38 The leader of the American Family Association has said the Boy Scouts of America's announcement that it might lift its ban on gay scouts could open its doors to paedophiles.
28 January 2013
US: Boy Scouts troop forced by regional council to remove anti-discrimination statement 9 A Boy Scout troop has been made by its governing regional council to remove an anti-discrimination policy published last week, which contradicts the national policy banning gay members, volunteers and staff.
23 January 2013
GLAAD attacks National Geographic for new Boy Scouts reality show over anti-gay policy 3 The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has criticised a television station for commissioning a new reality series based around the Boy Scouts of America, as the BSA has an anti-gay policy.
11 January 2013
US: Brooklyn Dad starts new Boy Scout troop which allows gay members and girls 22 A father of two from Brooklyn, New York, has started his own Boy Scouts troop, to allow his son to be a member without having to accept the Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay policy.

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