Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Youth Gay Ban

Religion Today | Updated: Apr 22, 2013

Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Youth Gay Ban

Under increasing pressure over its longstanding ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to lift its ban for youth members, Fox News reports. The Scouts plan to continue to exclude gays as adult leaders, and announced Friday they would submit this proposal to the approximate 1,400 voting members of its National Council at a May 20 meeting in Texas. Earlier, the BSA indicated it might give local Scout units the option of admitting gays as both youth members and adult leaders, or continuing to exclude them. However, they changed course on Friday due in part to surveys sent out this year to members of the scouting community. Gay rights groups oppose the ban; some churches and conservative groups want it maintained.



Boy Scouts Proposing to Lift Youth Gay Ban