Boy Scouts expected to lift ban on gay scout leaders on Monday: report

[DonViejo]

Source: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

Lifting a ban on open gay leaders by the Boy Scouts of America would be an incomplete victory for equality advocates. The organizations board Monday is expected to adopt an end to the ban Monday, the New York Times reported, but the change in policy still allows troops run by churches to "choose adult leaders whose beliefs are consistent with their own," an internal memo said.

"There are differences of opinion, and we need to be respectful of them,” California leader Michael Harrison told the Times. “It doesn’t mean the Mormons have to pick a gay scoutmaster, but please don’t tell the Unitarians they can’t.”

The Boy Scouts of America’s national executive committee unanimously approved a resolution allowing gay adult employees and volunteers July 13. The national executive board will vote Monday, according to advocacy group Scouts for Equality.

If passed, openly gay or bisexual adults would no longer be prohibited from being leaders. Each troop will create its own policy, but regional councils cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation. Gay leaders who previously had to leave the troops can rejoin.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/boy-scouts-expected-to-lift-ban-on-gay-scout-leaders-on-monday-report/

[msanthrope]

1. about time. nt

[PassingFair]

2. Still doesn't address the atheist prohibition.

Glad I had daughters and didn't have to explain
why they couldn't join.

Girl Scouts have no such god requirements.

[Gore1FL]

3. I did Boy Scouts as an adult atheist for 7 years

Went through Wood Badge, and even served as an Adult trainer.

They'll finally realize that's a lost cause, too.