Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Boy Scouts stall decision on gay scouts
After a last-minute, full-court press by right-wing activist groups, including a half-page newspaper ad in USA Today, the Boy Scouts of America now say they need more time to decide whether to follow the Girl Scouts in treating gay scouts and scoutmasters equally.
(The ad in USA Today probably wasn't very persuasive to editors of the paper, as it recently ran two editorials, here and here advocating a change in the organization's antigay policy.)
A rally of about 30 antigay demonstrators people outside BSA headquarters in conservative Irving, Texas implored the organization to "save our boys" and accused gay people of trying to "infiltrate" the organization.
On Monday, over a million petitions from scouting families urging change were delivered to the organization's headquarters.
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