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7 February 2013
US: Columnist compares efforts to allow gay scouts to Nazi invasion of Norway 22 A columnist writing for a US conservative news site has written that the Boy Scouts of America lifting its ban on gay members, volunteers and staff would make it a "beehive of erotic exploration", and compared efforts to urge the Boy Scouts to drop its anti-gay policy to the Nazi German invasion of Norway.
7 February 2013
US Radio Host: Gay men only want to be scout masters to ‘be around young boys’ 54 A US Christian radio host has suggested that gay men would only want to be Scout Leaders in order to "be around boys", and suggested a link between paedophilia and homosexuality, saying "gay men love youth".
6 February 2013
Video: CNN host challenges defender of scouts gay ban who likens homosexuality to paedophilia 11 A CNN host has challenged the head of a Christian right-wing group who, in defending the Boy Scouts of American's ban on gay members, linked homosexuality to paedophilia, and said that being gay was a choice.
6 February 2013
Update: The Boy Scouts of America delays vote on gay ban until May 9 The Boy Scouts of American has delayed a vote on whether or not to lift a ban on gay scouts, volunteers and staff, until May "due to the complexity of the issue".
6 February 2013
US: Debate heats up as Boy Scouts expected to give decision on gay ban today 1 The Boy Scouts of America is expected to give a decision today on a vote by its board on whether to drop its ban on gay members, volunteers and staff.
6 February 2013
Video: Christian TV host says Scouts lifting gay ban will allow ‘predators and paedophiles’ 12 A Christian television host has questioned whether "predators and paedophiles" would be allowed to be Scout Masters if the Boy Scouts were to lift its ban on openly gay scouts, volunteers and staff.
5 February 2013
Head of Christian law firm: ‘Satan is bullying the Boy Scouts into including gay members’ 37 The head of a Christian legal firm in the US has said that the reason that the Boy Scouts of America may make moves towards dropping its ban on gay scouts, volunteers and staff is "spiritual pressure" from Satan.
5 February 2013
Boy Scouts of America receive 1.4 million signatures pushing for end to anti-gay policy 1 A rally delivered a petition with 1.4 million signatures pushing for the Boy Scouts of America to drop its ban on gay members, volunteers and staff, on Monday.
4 February 2013
Obama says Boy Scouts ban on gays must end 7 President Barack Obama said on Sunday that gay people should be allowed in the Boy Scouts of America, and that "nobody should be barred" from the experience of being a scout.
2 February 2013
Governor Rick Perry: ‘I think the Boy Scouts should keep its anti-gay policy’ 22 Governor Rick Perry has said that he thinks the Boy Scouts of America shouldn't remove its ban on openly gay scouts, volunteers and staff.
1 February 2013
US radio host: ‘Gay activists want to spread deviant sexuality and are as intolerant as jihadists’ 50 A US radio host has appeared on a Christian radio show, and said that "gay activists" are "the most intolerant people on the planet", and that they are "up there with the jihadists".
31 January 2013
Idaho: Businessman sues Mother Jones magazine for suggesting he was a violent homophobe 6 A marketing executive in the US state of Idaho is suing Mother Jones magazine because he contends he was defamed by an article that depicted him as a supporter of anti-gay violence.
31 January 2013
US Radio Host: ‘The Boy Scouts should shut down, rather than allow gay members’ 41 The hosts of a radio program on the American Family Association have spoken out against the Boy Scouts of America's vote to potentially lift its policy banning gay members, saying that they should "shut her down" rather than allow gays in, and that these are signs of the "end times".
30 January 2013
Fox News reporter attempts to link gay scout leaders to paedophilia 9 Fox News seemed to be attempting to create a link between child abuse, and the possibility that the Boy Scouts of American may allow gay members, volunteers and staff.
30 January 2013
US: Churches may cease funding if Boy Scouts remove anti-gay policy 21 Some churches have not taken kindly to the news that the Boy Scouts of American are to vote on whether to drop a national ban on gay members, volunteers and staff.
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.
29 January 2013
US: Anti-gay conservative groups appalled that Boy Scouts may drop homophobic ban 12 Equality campaigners have welcomed an announcement by the Boy Scouts of America that it may drop its national ban on gay members – although evangelical conservatives have criticised the move.
29 January 2013
Boy Scouts of America board will vote on whether to end ban on gay members 2 The Boy Scouts of America could soon lift its ban on allowing gay members, volunteers and staff, as its board will vote next week on a resolution which would effectively do so.
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.

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