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Boy Scouts Of America Could Be Headed To Bankruptcy Amid Costly Sex Abuse Lawsuits

Boy Scouts Of America Could Be Headed To Bankruptcy Amid Costly Sex Abuse Lawsuits

The Boy Scouts of America could be headed toward bankruptcy amid a series of damaging and costly lawsuits regarding the organization’s decades of covering up sex abuse scandals, a new report claims. The organization has hired a high-powered Chicago law firm for help in a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the Wall Street Journal reported. […]

6y ago

Girl Scouts Of The USA Is Suing The Boy Scouts Of America

Girl Scouts Of The USA Is Suing The Boy Scouts Of America

The Girl Scouts of the USA formally filed a federal lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America for trademark infringement, according to NPR. This matter has been brewing since October when the Boy Scouts decided to make history by allowing girls to join the organization beginning in 2019. The Girl Scouts spoke out against the […]

6y ago

Boy Scouts, Mormon Church – Church Of Latter Day Saints – End Their Long-Standing Relationship

Boy Scouts, Mormon Church – Church Of Latter Day Saints – End Their Long-Standing Relationship

The Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – or Mormon Church or even LDS, colloquially – are ending their century-old partnership, Fox News is reporting. The Christian denomination and the scouting organization have been at odds since 2015 when the Boy Scouts agreed to allow gay troop […]

6y ago

The Boy Scouts Are Changing Their Name To ‘Scouts BSA’ Because Girls Are Now Joining

The Boy Scouts Are Changing Their Name To ‘Scouts BSA’ Because Girls Are Now Joining

The Boy Scouts will change their name to “Scouts BSA” to reflect the fact that more and more girls are now joining their ranks, NBC News is reporting. Officially, the Boy Scouts of America is an umbrella organization with multiple programs under its purview (more on that in a few paragraphs), but its flagship program […]

6y ago

Boy Scouts To Allow Girls To Join Program For First Time In History

Boy Scouts To Allow Girls To Join Program For First Time In History

In a landmark and historic decision, the board of directors of the Boy Scouts of America has agreed — unanimously — to allow girls into the organization’s Cub Scout program. In addition, older girls will be given a path to earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout. As CNN reports, the Boy Scouts released a […]

7y ago

Did The President Create Fake News? Phone Calls Praising Trump Never Happened

Did The President Create Fake News? Phone Calls Praising Trump Never Happened

In Donald Trump’s 1987 book, The Art of The Deal, he asserts that “a little hyperbole never hurts,” but can such aggrandizement withstand the constant, meticulous scrutiny now that the property mogul is the president of the United States? Trump’s philosophy is that “people want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest […]

7y ago

Trump Says Boy Scouts Called Him And Congratulated Him On His Speech, Boy Scouts Say It Didn’t Happen

Trump Says Boy Scouts Called Him And Congratulated Him On His Speech, Boy Scouts Say It Didn’t Happen

Donald Trump claimed last month that the “head” of the Boy Scouts of America personally called him to congratulate him on “the greatest speech that was ever made to them,” and the Boy Scouts deny that any such phone call ever took place, the Washington Post is reporting. On July 25 — the day after […]

7y ago

The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Withdraws Their Teens From Boy Scouts Of America

The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Withdraws Their Teens From Boy Scouts Of America

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has withdrawn its teenagers, between the ages of 14 and 18, from the Boy Scouts of America programs. The Church has elected to start their own scouting program beginning January 1, 2018. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will continue to support Cub Scouts and […]

7y ago

Mom Of Boy Who Was Asked To Quit Boy Scouts For Being A Transgender Still Angry

Mom Of Boy Who Was Asked To Quit Boy Scouts For Being A Transgender Still Angry

The Boy Scouts of America officially announced on Monday through a statement that it would permit transgender children to join the organization’s programs, but for Kristie Maldonado, the organization must still be accountable for making her son feel different. The organization previously made news after an 8-year-old transgender scout in Secaucus, New Jersey was asked […]

7y ago

Derick Dillard, Duggar-In-Law, Backtracks On Transgender Boy Scout Connection

Derick Dillard, Duggar-In-Law, Backtracks On Transgender Boy Scout Connection

Derick Dillard, Duggar son-in-law, reality star, and missionary, recently spoke out about the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to allow transgender boys to join their organization. Speaking as a scout himself, and as someone currently connected to the organization, Dillard decried the decision, calling it sad. However, he may have either had second […]

7y ago

Boy Scouts Of America Will Allow Transgender Children To Enroll In ‘Boys-Only’ Programs

Boy Scouts Of America Will Allow Transgender Children To Enroll In ‘Boys-Only’ Programs

For over a century, the Boy Scouts of America accepted members, especially to its single-gender programs based on the gender information provided to them on the birth certificate of the individual. This insistence on only adhering to the gender-information on the birth certificate meant several transgender boys were unable to enroll for several gender-specific programs. […]

7y ago

Boy Scouts To Lift Ban On Gay Leaders

Boy Scouts To Lift Ban On Gay Leaders

The Boy Scouts of America will lift its ban on gay leaders on Monday, bowing to public pressure and changing societal attitudes toward the LGBTQ community, the New York Times is reporting. The move is something of a compromise in that it will still allow faith-based organizations that sponsor Boy Scout troops — such as […]

9y ago

Boy Scouts Of America Lifts Gay Ban For Adult Leadership Positions

Boy Scouts Of America Lifts Gay Ban For Adult Leadership Positions

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has unanimously approved a resolution to end the organization’s ban on gay adults working in leadership positions. The vote isn’t the first regarding homosexuality for the Boy Scouts. In 2013, the Boy Scouts voted to allow openly gay boys to become scout. Now, the same will hold true for […]

9y ago

Clark Fredericks Brutally Murdered 63-Year-Old: Gets Light Sentence As Courtroom Applauds — Why?

Clark Fredericks Brutally Murdered 63-Year-Old: Gets Light Sentence As Courtroom Applauds — Why?

Clark Fredericks, a 49-year-old Stillwater, New Jersey, man, admitted in court that on June 12, 2012, he got drunk and high on cocaine, forced his way into the home of 63-year-old Dennis Pegg — a retired law enforcement officer and well-liked member of the community — and brutally murdered the man in a horrifying and […]

9y ago

Oklahoma Eagle Scout Denied Employment At Summer Camp Because He Is Gay

Oklahoma Eagle Scout Denied Employment At Summer Camp Because He Is Gay

An Oklahoma Eagle Scout, Tanner Moody, achieved the highest rank offered for members of the Boy Scouts of America. Therefore, it came as no surprise that he was offered employment at the Indian Nation’s Council summer camp as a merit badge counselor for two summers straight. However, when Moody accepted the position, feeling he must […]

9y ago

Boy Scout Dies: 12-Year-Old Boy Scout Shoots Himself At Camp

Boy Scout Dies: 12-Year-Old Boy Scout Shoots Himself At Camp

A Boy Scout died after shooting himself in the head according to authorities. Yahoo! News reports that the 12-year-old boy died from a gunshot wound to the head but it is unclear whether he committed suicide or the gun went off accidentally. Police were called to a Boy Scout camp in San Diego just after […]

10y ago

Boy Scouts of America Revoke Church’s Charter Over Gay Scoutmaster Beef

Boy Scouts of America Revoke Church’s Charter Over Gay Scoutmaster Beef

The Boy Scouts of America have once again flexed their anti-gay muscle, this time ousting an openly gay Seattle-based Scoutmaster, followed by canceling the charter agreement with the Seattle church that stood by his side. Geoff McGrath, 49, an Eagle Scout and software engineer from Seattle, was kicked out of the Boy Scouts and barred […]

10y ago

Southern Baptists Vote To Sanction Boy Scouts On Gay Issue

Southern Baptists Vote To Sanction Boy Scouts On Gay Issue

Southern Baptists are in the news this week following the Southern Baptist Convention in Houston, Texas. About 5,000 Southern Baptists attended this week’s annual meeting, discussing several issues of faith and policy including human trafficking, America’s prison industrial complex, and gay Boy Scouts. And while a confirmation of a strong stance against open homosexuality within […]

11y ago

Longtime Boy Scouts Supporter Pulls Family Out Over Gay Ban Reversal

Longtime Boy Scouts Supporter Pulls Family Out Over Gay Ban Reversal

In an editorial for CNN, outspoken Boy Scouts of America (BSA) supporter John Stemberger has decided to pull his sons out of the organization following the overturn of their ban on gay participants this week. Stemberger said that the May 23 announcement, which stated that being gay would no longer preclude prospective members from joining […]

11y ago

Train, Carly Rae Jepsen Refuse To Perform Boy Scouts Event Until Organization Lifts Ban On Gay Scouts

Train, Carly Rae Jepsen Refuse To Perform Boy Scouts Event Until Organization Lifts Ban On Gay Scouts

Train and Carly Rae Jepsen are refusing to perform at the Boy Scouts Jamboree until the organization lifts a ban on gay scouts, thanks in part to an online petition from a gay Eagle Scout. The performers were slated to play at the Boy Scouts’ annual event, but a recent Change.org petition by gay Eagle […]

11y ago

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