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U.S. Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
ReutersBy Marice Richter DALLAS, May 21 (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult leaders. Hundreds of champions and...Tags: Elections, Justice and Rights, Lobbying, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
ReutersDALLAS (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult leaders. Hundreds of champions and opponents of the proposed change...Tags: Elections, Justice and Rights, Lobbying, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Scouting's misstep
At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Clubs and Associations, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Girl Scout troops present handmade blankets to cancer patients
scollins@amnews.comAbout a dozen elementary school-aged Girl Scouts entered Ephraim McDowell Commonwealth Cancer Center Monday afternoon sporting shirts with “What can girls do?” slogans. Brownie troop 1127 and junior troop 1173 were loaded with 14 blue-and-...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Social Organizations
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Time for Boy Scouts to accept gays
You have to wonder how many more surveys and votes it will take before the Boy Scouts of America decide to officially join the 21st Century. Maybe it will happen this week. Maybe. After months of surveys, committee recommendations and cancelled votes,...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Elections, Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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READER SUBMITTED: Marlborough Girl Scouts Attend West Point Camporee
MarlboroughMarlborough Girl Scouts of Troop 65220 recently attended the 51st Annual West Point Camporee, held at Lake Frederick in New York during the weekend of April 26 through 28. Troop 65220 sent fourteen girls between the ages of fourteen and seventeen to...Tags: Marlborough, West Point, Social Organizations, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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READER SUBMITTED: Girl Scouts Of Connecticut To Host Camp CEO
StatewideAt Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Camp CEO, some of Connecticut's top female executives will come together with young women to lead in fun camping activities, share, and experience wonderful memories and leadership activities that will last a lifetime. Camp...Tags: Corporate Officers, Pitney Bowes Incorporated, Social Organizations, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), ESPN (tv network)
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A young couple gone too soon
Beneath a starry sky, Sosé Thomassian and Allen Yekikian held each other on their wedding night, arms looped around hips, eyes locked, for more than 20 minutes so the photographer could capture what would become their favorite wedding photo. Back at the...
Tags: Arts, Family, Marriage, Arts and Culture, Social Organizations
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Chan Lowe: Boy Scouts to vote on gay ban
The Boy Scouts’ motto is “Be prepared.” To be consistent with that motto, we should hope that the organization’s leaders will vote later this week to drop its ban on gay members, because institutionalizing bigotry is not the best...
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Should the Boy Scouts accept gays?
The Boy Scouts of America might actually join the 21st century this week. It’s about time, don’t you think? Scout honchos will be voting later this week on whether openly gay boys can participate. Of course, they still won’t vote...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Clubs and Associations, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Boy Scouts of America
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READER SUBMITTED: Tolland Scout Awarded Honor Medal For Saving Brother
TollandOn June 30, 2012 Troy Schenher stopped to take pictures of the Alaskan glacier while his brother, Kurt, hiked on. That small delay saved both Kurt and Troy as the snow bridge that Kurt was on collapsed dropping him 50 feet until he was wedged into a...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Glaciers, Telecommunication Service
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Somerset County church news for May 18
Middlecreek COB The Rev. Linda Stoner will share the message “Look Up and Live” as the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren celebrates Pentecost Sunday. The Rev. John Stoner will serve as worship leader. The church is at 226 Middlecreek Road,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Methodist, Arts and Culture, Christianity, Early Learning
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