Boy Scouts decides to keep ban on gay boys
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Source: Kansas City Star
After what it called a two-year-long examination of its policies, the Boy Scouts of America has ruled: Gay boys are still banned from Scouting.
The decision, announced Tuesday, comes just two days after a Kansas City area Eagle Scout made national headlines for being removed from a leadership position at a Boy Scout camp near St. Joseph after revealing to his camp director that he is gay.
“It breaks my heart,” Scout Eric Jones, 19, said of the organization’s announcement Tuesday. “This is an organization that helps boys out. Telling them they can’t be who they are is wrong.”
Scouting’s announcement said the decision came after two years of consideration by an 11-person committee that had been asked to consider a resolution requesting the organization reconsider its longstanding membership policy. The committee included individuals inside and outside Boy Scouts, a statement said, and considered “a diversity of perspectives and opinions.”
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