Boy Scouts of America committee backs lifting ban on gay adults

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Boy Scouts of America committee backs lifting ban on gay adults

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/07/13/boy-scouts-of-america-committee-backs-lifting-ban-on-gay-adults/

Pink News
July 14, 2015

The executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America has backed a resolution that would end the organisaton's blanket ban on gay leaders. It would mean that individual Scout units could set their own policy.

In a statement, the organisation said: "This change allows Scouting's members and parents to select local units, chartered to organizations with similar beliefs, that best meet the needs of their families." It added: "This change would also respect the right of religious chartered organizations to continue to choose adult leaders whose beliefs are consistent with their own."
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Moving out of the Middle Ages into the new world - Now if they would include Transgender Leaders, I would be ever so grateful. The downside is that local councils could still choose to discriminate, but every step forward is a step forward.