Executive Committee of Boy Scouts Votes to Drop Ban on Gay Leaders

The Boy Scouts make a move to retain its relevance and reach.

In a unanimous decision, the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America has approved a resolution to its policies that would end the organization’s blanket ban on openly gay group leaders.

The final decision on whether to ratify the resolution rests with the organization’s national executive board, which will meet on July 27 to decide if the change will officially become part of Boy Scout policy. If ratified, the proposal would fall short of requiring all units to allow gay leaders, but it would effectively end the organization-wide embargo on homosexuals, a step the group’s president has been pushing for.

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