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Title: Boy Scouts' Leader Says Ban on Gay Adults Not Sustainable
Post by: traci_k on May 22, 2015, 07:45:03 AM
Post by: traci_k on May 22, 2015, 07:45:03 AM
Boy Scouts' Leader Says Ban on Gay Adults Not Sustainable
Robert Gates says longstanding ban on gay adults is no longer sustainable.
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/05/21/boy-scouts-leader-says-ban-on-gay-adults-not-sustainable
Associated Press May 21, 2015 | 12:26 p.m. EDT
By DAVID CRARY, Associated Press, and
JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The national president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization's longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable, and called for change in order to avert potentially destructive legal battles.
In a speech in Atlanta to the Scouts' national annual meeting, Gates referred to recent moves by Scout councils in New York City and elsewhere to defy the ban.
"The status quo in our movement's membership standards cannot be sustained," he said.
Gates said no change in the policy would be made at the national meeting. But he raised the possibility of revising the policy at some point soon so that local Scout organizations could decide on their own whether to allow gays as leaders.
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Actually Gates called for the lifting of the ban when he took over in 2014 but it has been up to the national board which has not yet acted upon the recommendation. Unfortunately for me as a transgender woman, alas, nothing was said and if I want to help lead the troop and my son to Eagle, I must remain closeted.
It is only a matter of time since a NY council has hired an openly gay summer camp director until as Gates says, reality catches up and BSA will be forced to change policies. And hopefully, like the Girl Scouts, we can open the ranks to trans-boys.
Robert Gates says longstanding ban on gay adults is no longer sustainable.
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/05/21/boy-scouts-leader-says-ban-on-gay-adults-not-sustainable
Associated Press May 21, 2015 | 12:26 p.m. EDT
By DAVID CRARY, Associated Press, and
JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The national president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization's longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable, and called for change in order to avert potentially destructive legal battles.
In a speech in Atlanta to the Scouts' national annual meeting, Gates referred to recent moves by Scout councils in New York City and elsewhere to defy the ban.
"The status quo in our movement's membership standards cannot be sustained," he said.
Gates said no change in the policy would be made at the national meeting. But he raised the possibility of revising the policy at some point soon so that local Scout organizations could decide on their own whether to allow gays as leaders.
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Actually Gates called for the lifting of the ban when he took over in 2014 but it has been up to the national board which has not yet acted upon the recommendation. Unfortunately for me as a transgender woman, alas, nothing was said and if I want to help lead the troop and my son to Eagle, I must remain closeted.
It is only a matter of time since a NY council has hired an openly gay summer camp director until as Gates says, reality catches up and BSA will be forced to change policies. And hopefully, like the Girl Scouts, we can open the ranks to trans-boys.