Per Reuters:
The Boy Scouts of America on Friday moved to partially lift its long-standing ban on gays, with a decision that would allow openly gay youth members but continue to bar gay adults in one of the largest youth serving organizations in America.
What's that saying about half a loaf? Anyway, the decision is subject to a vote by the National Council on May 20th. I'm not a former scout, so I don't know who sits on this council, but it apparently has 1,440 voting members (no that is not a typo).
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Not surprisingly, pro-equality groups criticized the decision to leave the ban on gay scoutmasters in place; a spokesperson for GLAAD said BSA "missed an opportunity." Understatement of the week.
The most interesting (at least for me) part of the article was this little tidbit:
The resolution is the result of a study Smith called "the most comprehensive listening exercise in the history of Scouting" that found parents in three of four U.S. regions opposed the current membership policy.
Any guesses on the region that didn't oppose the current policy?