http://www.mail.com/organizations/330406-boy-scouts-america.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/330406-boy-scouts-america.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104616-vote-gay-scouts-emotional-moment.html GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members. About 1,400 voting members of BSA's national council are to cast ballots Thursday on a resoluti... Thu, 23 May 2013 07:16:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104616-vote-gay-scouts-emotional-moment.html 2013-05-23T07:16:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2102528-boy-scout-leaders-to-vote-lifting-gay-ban.html GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America's leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts — a decision that, either way, could deeply affect the organization's membership and funding. Scouting leaders from around the country... Thu, 23 May 2013 01:19:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2102528-boy-scout-leaders-to-vote-lifting-gay-ban.html 2013-05-23T01:19:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094998-will-boy-scouts-accept-gay-youth-vote-imminent.html With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council on Thursday, at a meeting ... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:26:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094998-will-boy-scouts-accept-gay-youth-vote-imminent.html 2013-05-18T14:26:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2045526-mormon-church-pleased-with-boy-scouts-proposal.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church has given its blessing to the Boy Scouts of America on its latest proposal to lift the gay ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted a statement on its website Thursday saying it is satisfied with the proposal, which the Boy Scouts ann... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:42:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2045526-mormon-church-pleased-with-boy-scouts-proposal.html 2013-04-25T23:42:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031250-boy-scouts-propose-to-lift-gay-ban-youth.html 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 proposal, unveiled Friday after weeks of private leadership deliberations, will be submitted to the roughly 1,400 voting... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:17:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031250-boy-scouts-propose-to-lift-gay-ban-youth.html 2013-04-19T22:17:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011420-calif-bill-aimed-scouts-gay-ban-passes-hurdle.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bill aimed at pressuring the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay members by making the organization ineligible for nonprofit tax breaks cleared its first vote on Wednesday in the California Legislature. The Senate Governance and Finance Committee voted 5 to 2 to move the first-of-its-kind bill to the Senate Appropriations C... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011420-calif-bill-aimed-scouts-gay-ban-passes-hurdle.html 2013-04-10T22:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2008962-calif-tax-bill-seeks-to-punish-scouts-gay-ban.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California lawmakers are considering taking some tax exemptions away from youth groups that do not accept gay, transgender or atheist members — a move intended to pressure the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay Scouts and troop leaders. Some cities have withdrawn free rent and other subsidies from the Boy Scouts over the yea... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:26:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2008962-calif-tax-bill-seeks-to-punish-scouts-gay-ban.html 2013-04-10T16:26:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991408-scouts-reject-troop-sponsored-gay-rights-group.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America have rejected an application for a scouting troop sponsored by a Utah gay rights organization. The Utah Pride Center recently asked permission to start a troop for 10 middle-school aged children with straight troop leaders, said executive director Valerie Larabee. Many of the boys' parents had previously lef... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:32:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991408-scouts-reject-troop-sponsored-gay-rights-group.html 2013-04-01T19:32:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965660-chipotle-pulls-sponsorship-utah-boy-scout-event.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Chipotle Mexican Grill has pulled its sponsorship of Utah's "Scout-O-Rama" because of the Boy Scouts of America's long-standing ban on gays. The popular Colorado-based restaurant chain initially signed on to provide about $4,200 worth of coupons to the Utah Boy Scouts' annual event, scheduled for May 4 in a Salt Lake City suburb. The... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:02:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965660-chipotle-pulls-sponsorship-utah-boy-scout-event.html 2013-03-19T20:02:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1961148-madonna-calls-boy-scouts-to-lift-ban-gays.html NEW YORK (AP) — Wearing a replica of one of the organization's uniforms, Madonna called on the Boy Scouts to lift its ban on gays while also calling for a "revolution" to prevent discrimination and abuse of the gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual community. Speaking Saturday night at the GLAAD Media Awards, Madonna started off in a mischievous mood. Sh... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:39:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1961148-madonna-calls-boy-scouts-to-lift-ban-gays.html 2013-03-17T20:39:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950078-scouts-survey-members-whether-to-gay-ban.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Faced with a backlash against their ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America are surveying their members on a potential change in policy. A questionnaire distributed to 1.1 million adult Scouts uses fictional situations to discern where Scouting's membership falls on questions of homosexuality, gays camping with children and gays in ch... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:57:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950078-scouts-survey-members-whether-to-gay-ban.html 2013-03-13T00:57:10Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1950236-sampling-questions-boy-scouts-gay-ban.html The Boy Scouts of America are surveying their members on a potential change in their policy banning gay Scout leaders and members. Here are some of the questions distributed to 1.1 million adult Scouts: — Tom started in the program as a Tiger Cub, and finished every requirement for the Eagle Scout Award at 16 years of age. At his board of review Tom revea... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:11:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1950236-sampling-questions-boy-scouts-gay-ban.html 2013-03-13T00:11:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1933040-jepsen-drops-boy-scouts-event-gay-rights.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carly Rae Jepsen is canceling her performance at the national Boy Scouts of America Jamboree because of the organization's exclusion of gays. Jepsen, the Canadian pop singer best known for the inescapable hit "Call Me Maybe," made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter. "I always have and will continue to support the LGBT community on... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:20:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1933040-jepsen-drops-boy-scouts-event-gay-rights.html 2013-03-05T20:20:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1876328-whats-ahead-boy-scouts-gays.html DALLAS (AP) — A final decision on the Boy Scouts of America's policy of excluding gays has been pushed to a larger, more representative sample of Scouting: the organization's national council, with 1,400 voting members. Earlier this week, the BSA's national executive board met for three days without reaching a decision on the policy, so the board assigned... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1876328-whats-ahead-boy-scouts-gays.html 2013-02-07T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1876090-scouts-face-pressure-vote-no-gays-policy.html It promises to be a campaign as passionate and dramatic as any big election. For the next 14 weeks, the Boy Scouts of America will be the focus of prayers, petitions and pressure tactics aimed at swaying a vote on whether to ease its ban on gays as Scouts or adult leaders. The decision will be made the week of May 20 by the roughly 1,400 voting members of... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1876090-scouts-face-pressure-vote-no-gays-policy.html 2013-02-07T22:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1871640-boy-scouts-delay-decision-policy-excluding-gays.html IRVING, Texas (AP) — Caught in an ideological crossfire, the Boy Scouts of America is putting off until May a decision on whether to ease its policy of excluding gays. Whatever the organization eventually does, it's likely to anger major constituencies and worsen schisms within Scouting. The delay, which the Scouts attributed to "the complexity of this is... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1871640-boy-scouts-delay-decision-policy-excluding-gays.html 2013-02-07T01:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871148-two-scouting-families-opposite-views-gay-ban.html Despite a shared affection for Scouting, the Tessier family in Maryland and the Comers in Tennessee hope for opposite outcomes this week as leaders of the Boy Scouts of America ponder whether to move away from a national no-gays membership policy. Wes Comer, his wife and children belong to an Apostolic Pentecostal church near their Knoxville home that con... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871148-two-scouting-families-opposite-views-gay-ban.html 2013-02-05T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860372-furor-proposed-shift-scouts-no-gays-policy.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America faces intensifying criticism from the left and right over a proposal to move away from a mandatory no-gays membership policy and allow troop sponsors to decide the matter for themselves. The Human Rights Campaign, a major gay-rights group that initially welcomed the BSA's possible shift, said Thursday that it was ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860372-furor-proposed-shift-scouts-no-gays-policy.html 2013-01-31T21:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854740-scouts-future-uncertain-ban-gays-dropped.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's proposed move away from its no-gays membership policy has outraged some longtime admirers, gratified many critics and raised intriguing questions about the iconic organization's future. Will the Scouts now be split between troops with gay-friendly policies and those that keep the ban? What will a National Jambor... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854740-scouts-future-uncertain-ban-gays-dropped.html 2013-01-29T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1852876-under-pressure-boy-scouts-ease-no-gays-policy.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facing diverse and ceaseless protests, the Boy Scouts of America is signaling its readiness to end the nationwide exclusion of gays as scouts or leaders and give the sponsors of local troops the freedom to decide the matter for themselves. If approved by the Scouts' national executive board, possibly as soon as next week, the change would ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1852876-under-pressure-boy-scouts-ease-no-gays-policy.html 2013-01-29T10:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1851576-scouts-considering-retreat-no-gays-policy.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders - a potentially dramatic retreat from a nationwide no-gays policy that has provoked relentless protests. Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units woul... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1851576-scouts-considering-retreat-no-gays-policy.html 2013-01-29T01:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761824-del-man-sues-boy-scouts-mormons-sex-abuse.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Delaware man sued the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday over childhood sexual abuse committed by the scoutmaster at his church-sponsored troop. Melvin Novak filed the lawsuit in state court in Philadelphia, charging that newly released Boy Scout "perversion files" support his claim... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761824-del-man-sues-boy-scouts-mormons-sex-abuse.html 2012-12-12T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1735106-order-boy-scouts-abuse-files-private.html DALLAS (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will not immediately have to turn over 27 years of so-called "perversion files" the group keeps on sexual abuse complaints against adults involved in the organization, a Texas appeal court has ruled. A former scout who says he was sexually assaulted by a now-imprisoned former scoutmaster has filed suit in San Antoni... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1735106-order-boy-scouts-abuse-files-private.html 2012-11-30T20:26:00Z