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Memorial Day programs/closings planned in area towns
Area communities will have Memorial Day ceremonies Monday. Aberdeen There will be an 8 a.m. service at Riverside Memorial (by GAR statue), 8:45 a.m. service at St. Mary’s Cemetery and 9:15 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Services include...
Tags: Human Interest, Memorial Day, Holidays, Disabled American Veterans, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Forget gay Scouts, the real threat is clueless dads
The Boy Scouts of America is voting on whether to allow gay boys to be Scouts. Which is, of course, really stupid, because gay boys are already Scouts, and have been for many years, even if Scouting chooses to think otherwise. Still, this is a serious...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America
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Eagle Scouts speak out about proposal to lift ban on gay youth in troops
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThe Boy Scouts of America will be making history on Thursday. After years of criticism, emotion and public outcry on the issue, the organization will decide whether or not gays will be allowed to join for the first time ever. The issue has been...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Christianity, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Religion and Belief
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal....
Tags: Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...Tags: Elections, DeSales University, Clubs and Associations, Religious Events, Gays and Lesbians
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Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more...Tags: Elections, Religious Events, Clubs and Associations, Gays and Lesbians, Social Organizations
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Memorial Day programs planned in area towns
Area communities will have Memorial Day ceremonies Monday. Aberdeen There will be an 8 a.m. service at Riverside Memorial (by GAR statue), 8:45 a.m. service at St. Mary's Cemetery and 9:15 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Services include roll call of...Tags: Human Interest, Memorial Day, Holidays, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Disabled American Veterans
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Scouts and equality
One of the first things that an incoming Boy Scout must learn is the Scout Law. It's become so famous that many people outside the organization likely recognize it. "A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful,...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Clubs and Associations, Gays and Lesbians, Bill Gates, Social Organizations
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Boy Scouts lift ban on openly gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in...Tags: Elections, Clubs and Associations, Religious Events, Gays and Lesbians, NASA
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Boy Scouts set to vote on lifting gay youth ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Thursday’s vote on whether to lift the ban on gay youths in the Boy Scouts of America could symbolize a cultural shift. Texas businessman Barry Price was so disturbed by the prospect that he joined a protest Wednesday,...
Tags: Elections, Clubs and Associations, Religious Events, Lobbying, Barack Obama
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Vote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts. On one side, handmade signs cried...Tags: Elections, Clubs and Associations, Religious Events, Mike Duncan, Gays and Lesbians
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Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on 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...
Tags: Elections, Board of Directors, Christianity, Social Organizations, Barack Obama
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May 24, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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May 22, 2013
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|Story| Petoskey News
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