Debate and information around the Boy Scouts of America's policy on homosexuality, etc.
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Scouting for All
Scouting for All is a national nonprofit, 501(c)3, advocacy organization working to change the Boy Scouts of America's exclusionary polices against atheists and gays.
Is it OK to Ban a Gay Scoutmaster?
Poll and opinion forum regarding the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the Boy Scouts to ban gay troop leaders.
War on the Boy Scouts, Round 2 (WorldNetDaily)
Follow-up article by Joseph Farah describing many recent actions taken against the Boy Scouts in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision.
The war on the Boy Scouts (WorldNetDaily)
Commentary by Joseph Farah describing the assault on the Boy Scouts by homosexual political activists and atheists.
Separation of morals and state (WorldNetDaily)
Alan Keyes analyzes homosexual activists' battle against the Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Rehnquist's majority opinion)
The U.S. Supreme Court explains that the Boy Scouts may exercise their right to association by excluding homosexuals.
Curran vs. Boy Scouts Lawsuit
Tim Curran's personal web site describing his dismissal and subsequent lawsuit against the Mt. Diablo Council of the BSA
Religious and Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Boy Scouts of America
A collection of essays and background material on the BSA's membership policies maintained by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Save Our Scouts
Offers an online petition and educational information on the current threats to the Scouting program in the USA, including news articles and a listing of organizations that have recently withdrawn support.
Tying the Boy Scouts in Knots
Gay columnist Dan Savage calls his local Boy Scout council asking how the BSA's policies would affect his son's participation in Cub Scouts.
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Stevens' minority opinion)
Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg, and Breyer dissent, criticizing the majority's argument as "an astounding view of the law."
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Boy Scout Wars - May 23, 2001
Transcript of news piece interviewing several scouts, scout leaders and funders in Maryland and New York. Offers streaming video and audio versions.
Boy Scout Battle Pits Gay Activists vs. Minority Kids
Heather Mac Donald, writing for the Wall Street Journal, warns that poor, minority children will suffer if gay-rights activists persuade corporations and others to withhold support from Boy Scouts.
Why the Boy Scouts Work
Heather Mac Donald, writing for City Journal, provides a detailed history of inner-city scouting and then argues that the position of activists trying to change the BSA is that "furthering the gay-rights crusade takes precedence over helping inner-city children."
FindLaw's Writ - Yoshino: Scout Loophole
Legal commentary by Kenji Yoshino on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in BSA v. Dale
Gay and Lesbian Scouts Received With Open Arms in Tolerant Canada
San Francisco Chronicle article about the 129th Toronto Scout Group, and Canada accepting gay and lesbian scouts there.
Scout Honor Coalition
Organization whose mission is to inform and involve people in the culture war, and to preserve the values of the Scout Oath from attacks being waged by the radical Left.
Boy Scouts Legal Issues: Home
Official BSA site created to inform the public about the legal issues that confront Scouting.
Discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America
A collection of news articles, essays, and other resources on the Boy Scouts of America, its policies, and recent court cases.
Episcopal Bishops call for Inclusive Boy Scout Leadership
The Episcopal Church approved a resolution in an attempt to open a dialogue with the BSA regarding its membership policies
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Scouting for All - AAIC
URL : www.scoutingforall.org/data/archives/aaic/2003112501.html
... of the Boy Scouts of America towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered... When the Boy Scouts of America discriminates against my gay friends, they ...[2007/04/03]
Scouting for All
URL : www.scoutingforall.org
... of the Boy Scouts of America towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered ... Scouting For All. Enter Site. data/home.html. Enter Scouting for All ...[2007/03/28]
PsycLAW: Boys Scouts of America v. Dale Amicus Brief
URL : www.apa.org/psyclaw/boyscout.html
... Jersey Supreme Court's decision finding that the Boy Scouts of America organization is subject to the State's Law ... gay, lesbian and bisexual people, ...[2008/01/09]
OutFront Minnesota - Our Gay, Lesbian, Bi, & Trans Community Center On ...
URL : www.outfront.org/library/issues/scouts
The Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay message is dangerous and potentially ... Individual Scouts who are bisexual or gay are also not expelled. ...[2008/11/26]
BSA Discrimination.org:Home -> BSA & Gays -> BSA Sponsors -> Religious ...
URL : www.bsa-discrimination.org/html/ucc-gay.html
Information about the Boy Scouts of America and their discriminatory practices relating to atheists and gays ... of gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons ...[2008/06/25]
Postman on Politics | On the primary, gays, the Boy Scouts and a St ...
URL : blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/2008/03/...
and Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, In Hurley, the Supreme Court said in a 1995 ... Nor in Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. ...[2008/10/30]
NGLTF Urges Clinton to Sever Ties With Boy Scouts of America | National ...
URL : www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/pr313_071900
... seeds of violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people are ... Because the Boy Scouts of America maintains a discriminatory, offensive and ...[2008/11/11]
Time2Act.org
URL : www.time2act.org/archives/1179.aspx
... the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) discriminatory anti-gay membership policy. ... the message sent to gay, lesbian and bisexual youth, "is very, very dangerous. ...[2008/11/03]
Boy Scouts
URL : bessel.org/casescou.htm
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND MONMOUTH COUNCIL, et al. ... Boy Scouts' reliance on Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. ...[2008/09/18]
USCCB - (OGC) - Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts ...
URL : www.usccb.org/ogc/amicuscuriae.shtml
The Boy Scouts of America, like many other private associations and religious ... In Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc., 515 ...[2008/11/21]
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