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California Senate panel targets tax-exempt status of Boy Scouts
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...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Social Organizations, Politics, Finance, Boy Scouts of America
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Should state revoke Boy Scouts' tax-exempt status? [Talkback]
Should the state of California revoke the Boy Scouts of America's tax-exempt status? A state Senate committee recommended Wednesday that such status be revoked from nonprofit groups -- including the Boy Scouts of America -- that do not allow gays and...
Tags: Social Organizations, John D. Rockefeller IV, Politics, Boy Scouts of America, Ricardo Lara
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Henrietta Herndon Tweedie, 1923-2013
Henrietta Herndon Tweedie, an artist and art instructor who published several books, saw subjects for her work everywhere she looked. On regular trips with friends to Michigan to watch birds, she carried her sketchbook and drew in ink. Before going to...
Tags: Girl Scouts of the USA, Travel, Artists, Morton Arboretum, Arts and Culture
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Leaders of Boy Scouts endorse allowing gay boys but not adults
Top officials of the Boy Scouts of America have unanimously recommended allowing gay boys into the ranks of one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth groups while continuing to exclude homosexual adults as leaders. Scouting's executive...
Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Religious Events, Minority Groups, Protestant Convention, Religion and Belief
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Harford Scouts recognized for 'Scouting for Food' Campaign
Harford County Executive David R. Craig recently recognized Scouts and Scout leaders from the Boy Scouts of America, Baltimore Area Council, for the upcoming 2013 "Scouting for Food" campaign. Several Scouts and Scout leaders were greeted by Craig at...Tags: Social Organizations, Politics, Elections, Boy Scouts of America
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Alvernia student Brandi Loga named Newman Civic Fellow
LOGA: Alvernia University senior Brandi Loga, of Bel Air, has been named one of 181 Newman Civic Fellows from 36 states across the country by Campus Compact. The award recognizes top students who are making the most of their college experiences to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Social Organizations, Students, Science and Technology, Education
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Bel Air teen receives Eagle Scout Award
Brady Daniels Kautsch, 17 of Bel Air, earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award, on Dec. 13, 2012 and was formally recognized in a ceremonial Court of Honor on March 17, at the Church of St....Tags: Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Religion and Belief, Schools
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Somerset County church news for March 30
Lavansville-Bakersville The Lavansville/Bakersville Lutheran Parish will be celebrating the Resurrection of Our Lord. There will be a sunrise service at Mt. Calvary in Lavansville at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast to follow. There will not be Sunday school. Mt....Tags: Girl Scouts of the USA, Anglicanism, Christianity, Lutheranism, Religion and Belief
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Scout's honor: Attorney given council's citizen award
Daily American Staff Writer @PeteBosakSomerset County attorney Vincent J. Barbera will be honored by the Laurel Highlands Council of the Boy Scouts of America next month with the 2013 Distinguished Citizen Award. Barbera will be honored at the council's Thomas Lansberry Memorial Dinner at...Tags: Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Clubs and Associations, Justice System, Lawyers
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Somerset County church news for April 6
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meyersdale, the Rev. Frank E. Harpster III, lists the schedule. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Christian ed meeting, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship Tuesday: 4:30-6 p.m. food pantry, 6:30 p.m....Tags: Girl Scouts of the USA, Anglicanism, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fiction, Christianity
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The Supreme Court and gay marriage: a reading list
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in two cases that could become landmarks of American legal history: challenges to Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that outlawed gay marriage in California, and to the 1996 federal...Tags: University of Cambridge, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Civil Rights
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A Tale Of The Kennedys, Sinatra And The Mafia At Long Wharf
The Hartford CourantWhen William Mastrosimone was working on the script for the 1992 mini-series "Sinatra," the singer told him a startling tale that involved Joseph Kennedy Sr., JFK, Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana and Judith Exner, Sinatra's girlfriend who was also...Tags: Fidel Castro, Organized Crime, Elections, Murder, Adultery
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