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Boy Scouts disappointed Caterpillar drops support
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The director of Boy Scouts of America says he's disappointed Caterpillar Inc. will no longer give money to the group. But Deron Smith on Thursday thanked the Peoria-based heavy equipment manufacturer for its past support....Tags: Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, UPS Inc., Lifestyle and Leisure, Intel Corp.
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C. Indiana Boy Scout troop loses sponsor over gay youth vote
WHITELAND, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana Boy Scouts troop has lost its church sponsorship following the organization's national decision to allow the participation of openly gay youths. Cub Scout Pack 617 chairman Don Sanders wrote to parents that...
Tags: Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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Ky churches sticking with scout troops
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — The head of a group that oversees 64 counties in four states say only one organization has said it will won't continue chartering Boy Scout troops in the wake of a vote by the Boy Scouts of America to allow openly gay...Tags: Social Organizations, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Youth Organizations
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Local church responds to accusations, says it will continue to welcome Cub Scouts
WSBT-TVNORTH LIBERTY-- Reports of discrimination against Cub Scouts and Boy Scout groups around the country are beginning to surface. This comes less than a week after the Boy Scouts of America lifted its longtime ban on allowing gay kids to be members. An...Tags: Social Organizations, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Youth Organizations
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Local church responds to discrimination accusations
WSBT-TVNORTH LIBERTY-- Reports of discrimination against Cub Scout and Boy Scout groups around the country are beginning to surface. This comes less than a week after the Boy Scouts of America lifted its longtime ban on allowing gay kids to be members. An...Tags: Social Organizations, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Youth Organizations
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent...
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
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Mich.: Boy Scout tents don't need smoke detectors
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan agency says the Boy Scouts of America won't need to equip their two-person tents with smoke detectors. Lawmakers who got wind that the fire safety regulation would start affecting Boy Scouts tents this summer say...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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Man sues Boy Scouts, alleges sexual abuse in Ohio
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Arizona man who alleges he was sexually abused by his Boy Scout leader on a vacation to southwest Ohio years ago has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, accusing the organization of negligence and fraud. The...
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Amid Boy Scout turmoil, other groups hope to grow
NEW YORK (AP) — With the Boy Scouts of America entangled in a furor over its ban on gays, lesser-known youth organizations across the ideological spectrum see an opportunity. They wonder if the turmoil might prompt some families to give them a...Tags: Girl Scouts of the USA, New York City, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Proposed change in Scouts' gay policy alarms some church sponsors
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's proposed move away from its no-gays membership policy has alarmed some of the religious organizations that charter 70 percent of all scouting units. Mormon and Roman Catholic leaders, whose churches...Tags: Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Social Issues
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"Perversion files" show Boy Scout locals helped cover up
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities — police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders among them — quietly shielded scoutmasters and others accused of molesting children,...
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