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L.A. Boy Scouts propose admitting gay leaders as well as Scouts
A Boy Scouts of America proposal to admit gay boys as members while continuing to bar homosexual adults as leaders is not a good way to settle a longstanding controversy that has roiled the youth organization in recent months, a Los Angeles Scouts...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Religious Events, Protestant Convention, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Girl Scouts provide balm for pediatric patients at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center
Scents of cinnamon, strawberry and bubble gum will be the norm for pediatric patients at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center after Girl Scouts from Troop 40172 donated more than 730 tubes of scented lip balm. Pediatric patients can use lip balm to mask the...
Tags: Cinnamon, Social Organizations, Hospitals and Clinics, Procedural Sedation
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Boy Scouts honor
The Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts have the right to deny leadership positions to practicing homosexuals. Pressured by gay activists, scout council delegates will vote in May whether to honor God or to change policy. Religious freedom means that...Tags: Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Minority Groups, Clubs and Associations
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
Tags: Justice and Rights, United Way , Human Rights, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief
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Somerset County church news for April 20
Lavansville/Bakersville The Lavansville/Bakersville Lutheran Parish will be celebrating the fourth Sunday of Easter. Mt. Calvary in Lavansville begins worship at 9 a.m.; Sunday school at 10:15 a.m.. Mt. Zion in Bakersville begins worship at 10:30 a.m.;...Tags: Lutheranism, Earth Day, Music, Customs and Tradition, Entertainment
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Boy Scout leaders recommend allowing gay boys into the ranks
Top officials of the Boy Scouts of America have unanimously recommended allowing gay boys into the ranks of one of the nation’s oldest and most traditional youth groups while continuing to exclude homosexual adults as leaders. Scouting’s...
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Boy Scouts proposal would lift ban on gay youths
The Boy Scouts of America announced Friday a proposal to allow gay youths to join the program, a move that, if approved, would mark a dramatic shift for one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth organizations. The proposal, which would...Tags: Religious Events, Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg, Protestant Convention, Google+
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Letters: Scouting has rules, so do we
Re "Don't single out the Scouts," Editorial, April 12 The Boy Scouts of America is a terrific organization, but it must follow the rules. If it wants to restrict membership based on sexual orientation, that's fine. But if it chooses to restrict...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice
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Delaney talks to Boy Scouts about equal opportunity
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comU.S. Rep. John Delaney said he wants to work toward leveling the playing field to ensure all Americans have an equal opportunity to succeed. Delaney talked about equality, the economy, tensions with North Korea and several other issues Monday during...Tags: U.S. Congress, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), John Delaney, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Alaska Boy Scouts Organization Discusses Exclusion of Homosexuals
Channel 2 NewsThe Great Alaska Council, the local organization in charge of the Boy Scouts, filled a few pews Saturday at the Community Covenant Church in Eagle River to discuss potential changes in its membership policy. Members across the state also joined the...Tags: Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Boy Scouts of America
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Letters: Scouting's tolerance test
Re "Bill targets gay ban by Boy Scouts," April 11 I am astonished that the physician who testified in front of state lawmakers, citing his experience of being molested by an older Boy Scout, would somehow slide right down the slippery slope to the...Tags: Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Boy Scouts of America
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Somerset County church news for April 13
Lavansville/Bakersville The Lavansville/Bakersville Lutheran Parish will be celebrating the third Sunday of Easter. Mt. Calvary in Lavansville begins worship at 9 a.m.; Sunday school at 10:15 a.m. Mt. Zion in Bakersville begins worship at 10:30 a.m.;...Tags: Arts and Culture, Lutheranism, Food for the Poor, Music, Fiction
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