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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Elections, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Gays and Lesbians
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Let us not pray
I wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Church and State Relations, Rituals, Religion and Belief, Government
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Let us not pray A hopeful wish for the end of religious exercises at the beginning of government meetings
Change of SubjectI wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their... -
After months of debate, Boy Scouts' ban on openly gay youth lifted
In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in local districts, more than 61...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Elections, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief
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Boy Scouts lift ban on openly gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Minority Groups, Elections, Religion and Belief, Gays and Lesbians
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Boy Scouts set to vote on lifting gay youth ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Thursday’s vote on whether to lift the ban on gay youths in the Boy Scouts of America could symbolize a cultural shift. Texas businessman Barry Price was so disturbed by the prospect that he joined a protest Wednesday,...
Tags: U.S. Military, USA Today, Ted Cruz, Minority Groups, Elections
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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: DeSales University, Ted Cruz, U.S. Military, Elections, Religion and Belief
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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: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Elections, Minority Groups, Voting, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Vote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts. On one side, handmade signs cried...Tags: Mike Duncan, Elections, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups, Dwayne Johnson
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Threats daubed at Israeli woman prayer activist's home
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Threatening slogans were daubed on Monday outside the doorway of an Israeli activist in a Jewish women's prayer group seeking equal rights of worship for women at Jerusalem's holy Western Wall. "Your time is up," read one of several...Tags: Death and Dying Customs, Christian Orthodoxy, Feminism, Judaism, Religion and Belief
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Misa Flamenca'
As a dance, flamenco is about style: The fire in the eyes, the exquisite vestments, the dramatic posturing. Orlando's Flamenco del Sol troupe has shrewdly noticed the similarity between the Spanish dance and organized religion. The result, "Misa...
Tags: Dance, Rituals, Religion and Belief, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope
As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...
Tags: CBS Corp., Symbols and Symbolism, Rituals, McCormick Place, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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