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The Boy Scouts of America called to end a long-standing ban on openly gay members, a spokesman said on Friday, but the organization's board must still vote in May on whether to ratify the resolution.
If the vote is approved, "no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone," Deron Smith, the organization's spokesman, told Reuters.
Smith noted that the decision drew from three months of research, surveys and discussions and was "among the most complex and challenging issues facing the BSA and society today."
The deliberations over whether to admit openly gay and lesbian members to the Boy Scouts has divided organizers, polarized its corporate and religious sponsors, and placed the group at the center of a nationwide debate over gay rights over the past two years.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/boy-scouts-gay-ban-end-_n_3116306.html
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)with the stupid
Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)At least in California... The pocketbook is a great motivator
California moves towards revoking Boy Scouts tax exempt status over gay ban
April 10, 2013
California has moved one step closer to revoking the tax exemption for the Boy Scouts because of their prohibition against gay members.
The California State Senate Governance and Finance Committee approved The Youth Equality Act by a 5-2 vote on Wednesday, sending the bill to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
The bill, introduced by state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Long Beach), would revoke the sales and corporate tax exemption for any youth group that discriminated against members on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Todays vote puts California one step closer in bringing full equality to LGBT youth throughout the state, Lara said in a statement. With its passage and growing list of supporters and co-authors, we will end this outdated practice of discrimination and exclusion.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/10/california-moves-towards-revoking-boy-scouts-tax-exempt-status/
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)msongs
(67,435 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)Also, it's important to note that this does not apply to adults (i.e. scout leaders) Well, at least it's a (baby) step in the right direction.......
It's interesting that this isn't even an issue with Girl Scouts AFAIK. Even here in Indiana, some Republican legislator went nuts and started going after GSA and most of his Republican colleagues just laughed at him and ordered Girl Scout cookies and ate them there in the legislature.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)I'll wait and see. There will be a lot of blowback from the right.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)But I'm not holding my breath on that one.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)Fuck them.
Zorra
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