Youth Organizations

Talk back: What's your take on Boy Scouts lifting ban on gay youth?

2013-05-24 11:07:00

The Boy Scouts of America lifted a ban on openly gay youth Thursday, a change�that will begin January of next year. A ban on gay Scout leaders remains in place. More than 61% of the Boy Scouts national council approved a resolution�overturning the...

Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on gay youth

2013-05-23 15:34:00

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more...

Boy Scouts lift ban on openly gay youth

2013-05-23 06:54:00

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in...

Letters: Scouting should stick to the basics

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Re "Scouting's error," Opinion, May 22 It boggles the mind that the Boy Scouts of America wraps itself up in this bigoted view of homosexual leaders when in many other ways it has always been very inclusive. James Dale's piece expresses the view of...

Boy Scouts set to vote on lifting gay youth ban

2013-05-23 06:30:00

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Thursday’s vote on whether to lift the ban on gay youths in the Boy Scouts of America could symbolize a cultural shift. Texas businessman Barry Price was so disturbed by the prospect that he joined a protest Wednesday,...

Forget gay Scouts, the real threat is clueless dads

2013-05-23 13:37:00

The Boy Scouts of America is voting on whether to allow gay boys to be Scouts. Which is, of course, really stupid, because gay boys are already Scouts, and have been for many years, even if Scouting chooses to think otherwise. Still, this is a serious...

Ex-Scout James Dale: Boy Scouts should accept gay leaders

2013-05-24 09:36:00

NEW YORK -- A former Boy Scout whose decision to fight his ouster from the organization for being gay went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court says the group's vote to permit gay youth but not gay Scout leaders is a "bit of a step backward." James...

Vote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides

2013-05-22 17:01:00

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts. On one side, handmade signs cried...

Scouting's misstep

2013-05-22 00:00:00

At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong...

Young newlyweds killed in car crash half a world away

2013-05-19 19:49:00

Beneath a starry sky, Sos� Thomassian and Allen Yekikian held each other on their wedding night, arms looped around hips, eyes locked, for more than 20 minutes so the photographer could capture what would become their favorite wedding photo. Back at the...

Man sues Boy Scouts over alleged abuse from 1970s

2013-05-03 19:39:00

A Pennsylvania man on Friday sued the Boy Scouts of America, alleging that the youth organization failed to protect him from sexual abuse by a Scoutmaster nearly 37 ago and then covered it up. Carl Maxwell Jr. was one of five boys, ages 13 and 14, who...

California Senate panel targets tax-exempt status of Boy Scouts

2013-04-10 11:06:00

A state Senate committee recommended Wednesday that California revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit groups including the Boy Scouts of America that do not allow gays and transsexuals to become members. The Senate Governance and Finance Committee...

The Boy Scouts of America has proposed allowing gay boys to be Scouts but to still not allow gay Scoutmasters.

2013-05-23 12:59:20

Crab Orchard Fire Chief Larry Owsley shows girl scouts the view through a thermal imaging device.

2013-05-23 08:33:00

Boy Scouts of America National Commissioner Tico Perez, front, addresses reporters questions as BSA National President Wayne Perry, left, rear, watches last week.Local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow openly gay youth as scouts.

2013-05-23 00:00:00