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Leaders of Boy Scouts endorse allowing gay boys but not adults
Top officials of the Boy Scouts of America have unanimously recommended allowing gay boys into the ranks of one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth groups while continuing to exclude homosexual adults as leaders. Scouting's executive...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Protestant Convention, University of California, Riverside, Intel Corp., Barack Obama
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Henrietta Herndon Tweedie, 1923-2013
Henrietta Herndon Tweedie, an artist and art instructor who published several books, saw subjects for her work everywhere she looked. On regular trips with friends to Michigan to watch birds, she carried her sketchbook and drew in ink. Before going to...
Tags: Wheaton, Illinois Prairie Path, Fine Artists, Entertainment, Girl Scouts of the USA
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Merit badges? He's got 'em all
Last week, Harold Kast earned a Boy Scout merit badge in game design. To achieve this, the 17-year-old junior assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 509 played and studied games and designed his own math-based card game. In doing so, the La Cañada High School...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Boy Scouts of America, NASA, Social Organizations
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Tony Plakas: Boy Scouts' new proposition just provides a distraction
Last week, the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America made a proposition: Yes to gay youth and no to gay leaders. After "the most comprehensive listening exercise in its history," the BSA's executive committee conceded gay boys interested in...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Palm Beach County, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lake Worth, Boy Scouts of America
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READER SUBMITTED: Two West Hartford Seniors To Receive Highest Honor In Girl Scouting
West HartfordMargaret Czepiel and Anastasia Konefal will be the first Girl Scouts from West Hartford to receive the Gold Award in ten years. A ceremony and reception was on Friday, April 19, at Atria Hamilton Heights in West Hartford. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the...Tags: Museums, Abusive Behavior, West Hartford, Social Organizations, Hamilton Heights
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Chicago center brings meditative mindset to combating youth violence
Most of the CeaseFire interrupters sat up in their chairs and closed their eyes, following the quiet direction of the small man in yellow and orange robes at the head of the conference table. "Allow your mind to feel the way you feel," Sakyong Mipham...
Tags: Students, U.S. Congress, Politics, Religious Conflicts, Chicago Loop
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Somerset County church news for April 27
Jennerstown UMC The Christian Atheist (part 4) "I Believe in God, but Sex is my Business" is based on Genesis 2:24-25, 4:11 and 1 Corinthians 6:18-20. Chuck Hildbold's sermon helps us understand how a follower of Christ should live when it pertains to...Tags: YMCA, Human Interest, Early Learning, Roxbury, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Girl Scouts Virginia Skyline Council hosting sale in honor of Earth Day
WDBJ 7 Anchor/ReporterThe Girl Scouts are celebrating 100 years of building leadership and citizenship skills in girls. Part of their service to our community is making the world better. In honor of Earth Day, the Girl Souts Virginia Skyline Council is hosting a community...Tags: Earth Day, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Social Organizations
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal Recognizes Avon Cub Scouts
Local Cub Scouts were recognized by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal during a recent ceremony to mark their transition to becoming Boy Scouts, local scout leaders have announced. Avon Cub Scouts Pack 122 celebrated a successful year of scouting and...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations
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Genocide victims remembered at Burbank City Hall
More than 100 people gathered at Burbank City Hall Tuesday to commemorate the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust, which together claimed the lives of 7.5 million people. Descendants of Holocaust victims and survivors lit seven candles at the City...
Tags: Human Interest, Genocide, Hate Crimes, Google Inc., Turkey
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Boy Scouts proposal on gays makes everybody unhappy
Adelle M. Banks writes for the Religion News Service that boths sides are unhappy with a proposal by the Boy Scouts to accept gay scouts, but not gay leaders: Conservative and liberal religious leaders may not agree on much, but both are expressing...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Protestant Convention, Boy Scouts of America, Minority Groups, Social Organizations
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Boy Scouts make split decision on gays | Editorial
Some observers might interpret the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to admit openly gay scouts while barring gay scout leaders as a softening of their anachronistic homophobic policy, but in reality it is nothing of the sort. For it perpetuates...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations
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