Boy Scouts Members Form National Coalition to Retain Gay Policy

Boy Scouts leaders and parents are announcing the launch of a national coalition on Saturday to keep openly gay individuals out of the organization even as the Boy Scouts of America is scheduled to decide in May whether or not to allow open homosexuality.

Parents, Scoutmasters, Eagle Scouts and other Scouting leaders from across the country, who are supportive of the BSA's no openly gay membership policy, will announce the launch of a national organization and a coalition of concerned BSA members in Orlando, Fla.

Saturday's press event on the sidewalk areas outside of the Bob Carr Auditorium will immediately follow the Central Florida Council's Town Hall Meeting in Orlando, which will be attended by BSA CEO Wayne Brock and National Commissioner Tico Perez.

The coalition plans to run a national campaign to influence not only the resolution committee and the BSA voting delegates but also the general public regarding the legal, social, political and financial implications of changing the membership policy. The campaign will communicate through rallies, petitions, speaking out at BSA meetings and other activities. Read more