Who Took the Boy Out of Boy Scouts?

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Scouting is one of the world’s most successful men’s movements. So how did it become a feminist movement in the UK that excludes male leadership and bans boy-only groups?

“Since the BSA can expel gay people, it’s up to their allies who are harder to demote or expel to be that voice in the organization.”

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This is a comment by Ryan Hauck on the post “No Equality Badge For Boy Scouts Of America”.

Boy Scouts of America Close to Changing Policy on Homosexuals

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Will the longstanding and controversial ban finally be lifted?

This is Why I Withdrew My Son From Cub Scouts

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Joanna Schroeder decided that despite her son’s protests, she could not knowingly sign her name to an organization that alienates gay kids and systematically covers up sexual abuse.

Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

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I want to reminiscence, but I don’t believe we remember things the same as each other.

To Those Who Didn’t Turn Away: The Academy Awards and Paradise Lost

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Todd Moore, father of a murdered boy depicted in an Oscar-nominated documentary asks for the film to be removed from the awards. Mark Greene responds.