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Three freshmen at Central attain Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts
Eagle Court of Honor • Time: 2 p.m. • Date: June 1 • Place: Bethlehem Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 1620 Milwaukee Ave. N.E. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Shane Stevens of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Flags flown over...
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Eagle Scouts speak out about proposal to lift ban on gay youth in troops
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThe Boy Scouts of America will be making history on Thursday. After years of criticism, emotion and public outcry on the issue, the organization will decide whether or not gays will be allowed to join for the first time ever. The issue has been...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Youth Organizations, Christianity
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Boy Scouts of America delegates vote to remove ban on gay scouts
ReutersGRAPEVINE, Texas, May 23 (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America approved a proposal on Thursday to end a ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history, the group said in a statement. The vote by more than...Tags: Social Organizations, Minority Groups, Youth Organizations
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent...
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal....
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...Tags: Elections, Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Minority Groups, Molly Hennessy-Fiske
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Boy Scouts de América votan para finalizar prohibición centenaria contra los gay
ReutersPor Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, EEUU, 24 mayo (Reuters) - Los Boy Scouts de América votaron el jueves por levantar una prohibición centenaria para los scouts abiertamente gay en un lo que supone una gran victoria para los activistas de derechos de los...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Youth Organizations
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Bridge section collapses on I-5 north of Seattle
SEATTLE — A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, icy waters of the Skagit River. The bridge failed without warning between the towns of...
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Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more...Tags: Elections, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Minority Groups
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Newington Honors 26 Residents Killed In War During Memorial Day Parade Saturday
The Hartford CourantSaturday's Memorial Day Parade will have a symbolic "grand marshal" representing the the 26 service members from town who died in conflicts from World War I to the Vietnam War. A riderless horse with a reversed boot in the stirrup, an ancient symbol of a...Tags: Afghanistan, Government, Wars and Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), Social Organizations
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Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on openly gay youth
Pop2itThe Boy Scouts of America have voted to end the group's ban on gay youths. Openly homosexual adults are still not allowed as Scout leaders....
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