Directory of Boy Scouts of America Resources

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Debate and information around the Boy Scouts of America's policy on homosexuality.

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• Curran vs. Boy Scouts Lawsuit

  http://www.timcurran.com/scouting/
  Tim Curran's personal web site describing his dismissal and subsequent lawsuit against the Mt. Diablo Council of the BSA

• Episcopal Bishops call for Inclusive Boy Scout Leadership

  http://arc.episcopalchurch.org/ens/GC2000-082.html
  The Episcopal Church approved a resolution in an attempt to open a dialogue with the BSA regarding its membership policies.

• FindLaw's Writ - Yoshino: Scout Loophole

  http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20000630_yoshino.html
  Legal commentary by Kenji Yoshino on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in BSA v. Dale

• Gay and Lesbian Scouts Received With Open Arms in Tolerant Canada

  http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/070300-02.htm
  San Francisco Chronicle article about the 129th Toronto Scout Group, and Canada accepting gay and lesbian scouts there.

• Religious and Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Boy Scouts of America

  http://www.religioustolerance.org/bsa.htm
  A collection of essays and background material on the BSA's membership policies maintained by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

• Separation of morals and state (WorldNetDaily)

  http://www.wnd.com/2000/12/7668/
  Alan Keyes analyzes homosexual activists' battle against the Boy Scouts

• The war on the Boy Scouts (WorldNetDaily)

  http://www.wnd.com/2001/01/7720/
  Commentary by Joseph Farah describing the assault on the Boy Scouts by homosexual political activists and atheists.

• Tying the Boy Scouts in Knots

  http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/tying-the-boy-scouts-in-knots/Content?oid=4436
  Gay columnist Dan Savage calls his local Boy Scout council asking how the BSA's policies would affect his son's participation in Cub Scouts.

• War on the Boy Scouts, Round 2 (WorldNetDaily)

  http://www.wnd.com/2001/01/7763/
  Follow-up article by Joseph Farah describing many recent actions taken against the Boy Scouts in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision.

• Why the Boy Scouts Work

  http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_1_why_the_boy.html
  Heather Mac Donald, writing for City Journal, provides a detailed history of inner-city scouting and then argues that the position of activists trying to change the BSA is that "furthering the gay-rights crusade takes precedence over helping inner-city children."

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