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13 June 2013
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership + Caterpillar Inc, best known for producing construction equipment, have cut ties between their charitable foundation and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
13 June 2013
US: Southern Baptist Convention officially ‘disapproves’ of Boy Scouts inclusivity but doesn’t cut ties 13 On Wednesday, the largest Protestant denomination in the US, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), adopted a resolution to disapprove of the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) recent decision to allow gay youth members.
12 June 2013
Largest Protestant denomination in US to vote on measure disapproving of Boy Scouts gay inclusion 3 The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the US, is expected on Wednesday to vote on a resolution which would express disapproval of the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) new policy accepting gay youth members.
11 June 2013
Video: TV host: Gays will ‘tear up’ Boy Scouts for ‘a few kids that want to do sex with each other’ 24 A Christian television host has spoken on his online show to say that he thinks allowing gay members in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will mean "tearing up" the organisation "to accommodate a few kids that want to do sex with each other".
31 May 2013
US radio host: Allowing gay Boy Scouts will mean ‘condom training and cross dressing members’ 28 Anti-gay Christian radio host Linda Harvey, has claimed that the number of incidents of abuse within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), will dramatically increase, as well as the beginning of "condom training and cross-dressing troop members", since it has allowed gay members.
30 May 2013
US: Bill to remove tax-exempt status from Boy Scouts passes California Senate 20 A bill which would remove the tax-exempt status of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), unless it fully accepted gay members, volunteers, and staff, has been approved in the Senate in the US state of California.
29 May 2013
Comment: Shame on the Assemblies of God for rejecting the Boy Scouts inclusion of gay members 13 Pastor Dave Thompson writes for PinkNews on the recent rejection of the Boy Scouts of America by the Assemblies of God Church, following the BSA's new policy which will allow openly gay members to serve in the organisation from 1 January 2014.
27 May 2013
Video: Bryan Fischer says Scouts should be renamed ‘Boy Sodomisers of America’ 42 Anti-gay Christian radio host Bryan Fischer has again commented on the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) recent decision to allow gay youth members, to say that the organisation should be renamed the "Boy Sodomisers of America".
25 May 2013
Obama praises Boy Scouts’ progress but wants gay leaders too 8 US President Barack Obama has praised the Boy Scouts of America for opening up their membership to gay youth, but reaffirmed his belief that leadership opportunities in the organisation should be available to gay adults.
24 May 2013
Bryan Fischer says forced drowning ‘would be better’ than inclusion in the Boy Scouts 40 Anti-gay Christian radio host Bryan Fischer has tweeted his distaste at the decision to allow gay members into the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), tweeting a bible reference suggesting drowning would be better than inclusion.
24 May 2013
Governor Rick Perry: ‘I am greatly disappointed’ that the Boy Scouts will allow gay members 25 Texas Governor Rick Perry, has voiced his disappointment at the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) decision to lift its national ban on gay youth members.
24 May 2013
Boy Scouts of America: We will not ‘not sacrifice our mission’ over gay members 9 The Boy Scouts of America has released an official statement noting that it has lifted its ban on gay youth members, saying that it would "not sacrifice its mission" over the "societal issue" of whether to allow gay members.
24 May 2013
US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members 18 The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) on Thursday ended its long-time ban on gay youth members, after its national council voted to lift the national ban.
23 May 2013
US: Boy Scouts council to vote on lifting ban on gay members 1 The Boy Scouts of America will today decide on whether or not to lift a historic ban on gay members, as is national council will vote on a resolution to lift the ban.
23 May 2013
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be ‘the right decision’ 2 The President of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has written an editorial piece explaining why he supports the potential decision to allow gay youth members into the organisation.
22 May 2013
US: Boy Scouts of America to vote on whether to allow gay members 3 The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is today to convene a two-day meeting, of 1,400 local leaders, in order to consider allowing gay members into the organisation.
19 May 2013
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May + The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have revealed that a decision on whether to allow openly gay scouts to be members will be held on Thursday 23 May, after a drawn-out period of deliberation which has revealed deep divisions on the issue.
15 May 2013
US: Lawyer tweets cartoon suggesting gay scout leaders would trick boy scouts into sex 21 A Christian lawyer in the US has tweeted a cartoon which suggests that, if the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), lifted its ban on gay scout leaders, as well as possibly lifting the ban on gay members, gay men will use the position to sexually abuse scouts.
13 May 2013
Ernst & Young CEO says he wishes Boy Scouts had ‘gone further’ for inclusivity 1 Ernst and Young CEO James Turley, a member of the board for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), has spoken out to say that he wishes the organisation had "gone further", to be inclusive of gay members, volunteers and staff.
13 May 2013
NBC’s gay sitcom The New Normal cancelled after just one season 22 US television network NBC has announced that its new sitcom The New Normal, which features a gay couple and the surrogate mother of their child, has been cancelled after just one season, amidst falling ratings.

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