Monday, February 11, 2013

Boy Scouts Flirt With Calamity


Reeling from a massive negative backlash, the executive committee of The Boy Scouts of America decided to postpone until May its ill-conceived, proposed change to allow openly gay scoutmasters and scouts to participate in Scouting.

In backing away from the proposed membership change, the Boy Scouts at least temporarily averted calamity. If the committee had rammed through the change in membership policy, it would have dealt a serious blow to the Boy Scouts of America on several fronts. Read more

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