Bourke and his husband, Michael DeLeon, were plaintiffs in the case that resulted in the U. Supreme Court decision striking down state bans on same-sex marriage. Though the policy change did not trigger the massive defections that some critics predicted, there were some emphatic departures. In addition, about 20 individual Catholic parishes around the country dropped their sponsorship of Scout troops, according to Guglielmone.
Pastor Dan Thews said he could not accept the idea of gay adults having influence over boys in the unit. However, Delimarkos said new sponsors will assume oversight of both units. In several cases elsewhere, she said, organizations such as the United Methodist Church and the American Legion took over units which lost their sponsors. In Utah, where most troops are sponsored by Mormon churches, the change appears to have had modest impact.
The Mormon Church sponsors more Scout units that any other organization in the U. That period of indecision may have contributed to a drop in fundraising for the largest Boy Scout council in the country, the Utah National Parks Council, which had to lay off several staff members. The council president, Stan Lockhart, said there has been little conversation about the policy change among parents and troops in the council, which has more than 83, youth participating.
The change opened the door for Scott K. Fausett to return to the organization he loved. But Zach Wahls, the son of lesbian mothers and founder and executive director of the advocacy group, Scouts for Equality , said the new policy, which excludes men like Lucien Tessier, continues to be unfair. I think today we are trying to figure out not if it will change, but when. Pascal has all his applications in to college and wants to study psychology or political science.
Meanwhile, his brother Lucien has taken a break from Northern Virginia Community College and is working at a law firm.
He handed him the Eagle badge and there was a loud, thunderous cascade of applause again and again and again. And Don gave a lovely little talk —- not referring to Pascal -— reminding Scouts of the part of the [Scout] Promise what it is to be brave. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? That's every president since BSA was founded. This change would also respect the right of religious chartered organizations to continue to choose adult leaders whose beliefs are consistent with their own," it read.
LGBT advocacy groups have said the change doesn't go far enough. Discrimination should have no place in the Boy Scouts, period. Some religious groups, on the other hand, say the decision goes too far. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement that the organization is "re-evaluating" its relationship with the Scouts. Gates called for the Scouts to end its ban on gay adults in remarks PDF at the organization's national business meeting, held May The country is changing, and we are increasingly at odds with the legal landscape at both the state and federal levels.
He said decisions on the Boy Scouts' policy could also be dictated by the courts, and it would be better "to seize control of our own future. However, former Boy Scout leadership team member Jon Langbert told CNN's Carol Costello he believes the new policy isn't a cure-all, since local troops will still be allowed to make the decision on whether to allow gay leaders. When the Boy Scouts of America announced last week that it would now accept transgender boys, it was the latest example of how the storied institution has transformed as the country changed around it.
In recent years the group has found itself embroiled in larger national debates about gender roles and sexual orientation. These debates, in turn, have led the Boy Scouts — which consists of about 2.
In some instances, change has come swiftly. In others, it came only after years of legal battles. The group, founded in , was for boys and their male leaders, focused on promoting responsibility through an array of outdoor activities and educational opportunities. Some boys came from single-parent households, and when their mothers volunteered to participate as Scoutmasters, they were rebuffed. Over the years, the group successfully defended the policy in court.
But in the s, Catherine Pollard, a mother from Milford, Conn. The lengthy legal proceedings drew international attention, with attorneys for the Boy Scouts making a flurry of controversial comments during oral arguments. The position reflected, in part, the sponsorship of Scout troops by churches. That same year, the Boy Scouts of America executive board began what would become a two-year review of its policy on gays.
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