Tuesday, July 17, 2012

The Boy Scouts will continue its Ban on Gays


After a two year review, the Boy Scouts decided to keep its ban on gays.

Here more on the story:
An 11-member special committee, formed discreetly by top Scout leaders in 2010, "came to the conclusion that this policy is absolutely the best policy for the Boy Scouts," the organization' national spokesman, Deron Smith, told The Associated Press.

Smith said the committee, comprised of professional scout executives and adult volunteers, was unanimous in its conclusion — preserving a long-standing policy that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 and has remained controversial ever since.

As a result of the committee's decision, the Scouts' national executive board will take no further action on a recently submitted resolution asking for reconsideration of the membership policy.
The Scouts' chief executive, Bob Mazzuca, contended that most Scout families support the policy, which applies to both leaders and Scouts.
 Well, maybe it's time to create something that allows everyone to be a member.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

The Supreme Court did not uphold the policy, they upheld the BSA's right to discriminate as a private organization. Big difference there.

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