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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...
Tags: Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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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...
Tags: Minority Groups, Social Issues, Human Rights Campaign, Clubs and Associations, Abusive Behavior
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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: Social Organizations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 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...
Tags: Social Organizations, Justice System, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Litigation
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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: Protestant Convention, Minority Groups, Social Issues, Clubs and Associations, 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, Social Issues, Religion and Belief
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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,...
Tags: Justice System, Medical Specialization, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Abusive Behavior
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Boy Scouts to report pedophiles missed previously
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America plan to begin doing what critics argue they should have done decades ago — bring suspected abusers named in the organization's so-called perversion files to the attention of police departments...
Tags: Justice System, Medical Specialization, Clubs and Associations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Judge: Suit vs. Boy Scouts in sex case may proceed
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A mid-Michigan judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America over sexual molestation claims may move forward. The Lansing State Journal reports (http://on.lsj.com/NT0bcz ) Ingham County Circuit Judge Joyce...
Tags: Social Organizations, Justice System, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Romney gives Dem support for tax deductions claim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney has given Democrats plenty of support for their claim he manipulated his deductions to keep his overall 2011 federal income tax rate above a certain threshold for political purposes. The Republican presidential...
Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Internal Revenue Service, Mitt Romney, Taxation
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Boy Scouts adult leader found dead at Ohio camp
PIONEER, Ohio (AP) — A man serving as an adult leader with the Boy Scouts of America at a children's summer camp in northwest Ohio has been found dead in his tent. The Erie Shores Council of the Boy Scouts organization says the man was found at his...Tags: Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Youth Organizations
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White House: Obama opposes Boy Scouts' ban on gays
NEW YORK (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama, who is honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America, opposes the youth organization's policy of excluding gays as members and adult leaders. The Boy Scouts say they respect Obama's...
Tags: Social Organizations, Social Issues, Clubs and Associations, White House, Barack Obama
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