Despite the disappointment inherent in their equivocal decision, any embrace of tolerance and acceptance of gay youth is a big step for this iconic organization.
David takes a look at the bizarre survey, and hopes Barack Obama will resign his honorary Boy Scouts presidency to make a point.
‘As an artist to who believes in equality for all people, I will not be participating in the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree this summer.’
Catch up on the week’s news, with a focus on seven priorities stated in Obama’s State of the Union speech … plus Hillary Clinton, Pope Benedict XVI, and the cruise vacation from hell (February 9th-16th)
Rick Perry says Boy Scouts should ‘stick to their guns,’ while Rick Santorum claims they’re holding the ‘murder weapon’ for ‘average American boyhood.’
Early next week, 102 years after the beginning of the Boy Scouts of America, the National Council is expected to announce that it will allow gay Scouts and troop leaders.
Sooner or later, the bad PR will either convince the Boy Scouts to join us in the 21st Century, or they’ll find themselves replaced by another organization. Evolve or perish.
Intel has a corporate policy which forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the Boy Scouts have come under fire recently for stubbornly clinging to anti-gay policies. Therefore, Intel plans to stop donating to the Boy Scouts.
Jon Stewart defended the LGBT community in a huge way on Monday night’s edition of The Daily Show.
The Boy Scouts used to be an institution that represented what was best about America. Now it only represents a past best left behind.
