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Boy Scouts of America Proposes Dropping Ban on Gay Kids--But Not Gay Adults
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, gayrights, Boy Scouts, rights, news, politics, society, interesting, culture, children, americans, law, freedoms )

Cal
- 34 days ago - motherjones.com
The Boy Scouts of America announced that it intends to end its ban on gay members, as long as its board approves the change. The organization would still, however, prohibit gay adults from serving as troop leaders or volunteers.
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Prosecute Boy Scouts of America For Protecting Sexual Molesters ACTION
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, Boy Scouts, pedophiles, sexual molestation )

Nancy
- 575 days ago - forcechange.com
Throughout its over a century existence, the Scouts have promised to safeguard our children while providing leadership and life skills; instead, it has safeguarded pedophiles by not disclosing suspected molesters to the police. In fact, a Scouts policy...
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Churches Threaten to Pull Funding If Boy Scouts Drop Anti-Gay Ban
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, gayrights, Boy Scouts, rights, news, politics, society, interesting, culture, children, americans, law, freedoms )

Cal
- 114 days ago - alternet.org
About 70 percent of Scout troops are sponsored by faith-based organizations. Many are threatening to break ties.
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CHILD ABUSE: 'Perversion Files' Kept By the Boy Scouts Released to the Public
Society & Culture  (tags: Boy scouts, child abuse scandal, ethics, culture, sadness, child, children, news, rights, safety, society, violence, politics )

Cal
- 218 days ago - globalpost.com
Lawyers representing victims in lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America today released confidential files the organization had kept on scouting leaders accused of molesting children.
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Urge Verizon to Take a Stand Against Homophobia ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, gayrights, protection, Verizon, Boy Scouts )

Cher
- 170 days ago - forcechange.com
Urge Verizon to withdraw financial support from the Boy Scouts until the organization has amended its anti-gay policies.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Demand Boy Scouts Stop Denying Honors to Gay Students
Society & Culture  (tags: gayrights, child, children, rights, politics, usa, Boy Scouts, culture, americans )

Cal
- 232 days ago - forcechange.com
The Boy Scouts of America is becoming more infamous for their discriminatory policies against openly gay students. This must stop
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Boy Scouts of America Vote Ends Long-Standing Ban on Gay Scouts
Society & Culture  (tags: politics, GoodNews, boy scouts, gayrights, ethics, family, society )

Cal
- 1 day ago - news.yahoo.com
The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that had been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history, capping weeks of intense lobbying on both sides, the group said in a statement.
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Boy Scouts: We're Keeping Policy Banning Gays
Society & Culture  (tags: gayrights, culture, children, Boy Scouts, policy, politics, freedoms, ethics, society, education )

Cal
- 311 days ago - usnews.msnbc.msn.com
The Boy Scouts of America will keep their controversial policy banning gay scouts and leaders after a confidential two-year review, the organization said Tuesday.
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Report: Boy Scout Files Reveal Repeat Child Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: children, boy scouts, sexual predators, abuse, dishonesty, ethics, safety, society, violence, sadness )

Carrie
- 292 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Internal documents from the Boy Scouts of America reveal more than 125 cases in which men suspected of molestation allegedly continued to abuse Scouts, despite a blacklist meant to protect boys from sexual predators.
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Vote on Gay Scouts Comes at Emotional Moment
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, gayrights, Boy Scouts, rights, news, politics, society, interesting, culture, children, americans, law, freedoms )

Cal
- 2 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members.
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Brothers Force Scouts to Reveal Scope of Abuse - Seattle -USA
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, seattle, scouts, abuse, scout master, brothers, boy scouts )

Chrissy
- 2100 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
Like many other boys who grew up in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1980s, Tom and Matt Stewart shared a rugged childhood of hikes, camp outs and fishing trips, most of it thanks to the Boy Scouts of America. It was a program that kept the brothers
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