"The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic retreat from its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.
Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue - either maintaining an exclusion of gays or opening up their membership.
Monday’s announcement of the possible change comes after years of protests over the policy - including petition campaigns that have prompted some corporations to suspend donations to the Boy Scouts." Full story here!
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I really feel like they're only "reconsidering" so they can get the lost donations that they used to get from Intel, UPS, and others. They don't care anymore about gay people than they did before. If they did then what is to reconsider. And, why not force the "new" policy on all members everywhere to be mandatory that they left gay people in instead of leaving it up for them to decide? Why? Because they're only thinking about they money lost from donations and how they can get it back without pissing off to many other people who don't like gay people.
Having been involved in the BSA for many years, it strikes me as very funny. There was always something going on with the boys on a campout, not matter what. The leaders just turned a blind eye and ignored what was happening. As the old saying goes "Boys will be boys". Enough said.
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