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Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its...
Tags: Christianity, Social Organizations, Voting, Roman Catholicism, Politics
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Boy Scouts of America set to vote on gay youth ban
ReutersBy Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas, May 23 (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on a proposal to remove its ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history. The vote by more than 1,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, U.S. Military, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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Museums
Elmhurst Historical Museum 120 E. Park Ave., Elmhurst; 630-833-1457, elmhursthistory.org The regional history museum is located in the Glos Mansion, former home of Elmhurst's first village president, Henry L. Glos, and offers a look at the lifestyle...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Social Organizations, Girl Scouts of the USA, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Today's Buzz: Allow gay Boy Scouts?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts of America’s National Council were scheduled to vote at 6 pm Thursday on whether to drop the organization’s 1978 ban on gay scouts. That ban was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, U.S. Supreme Court, Same-Sex Marriage
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Activists rally ahead of Boy Scouts vote on gay youth ban
ReutersBy Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas, May 22 (Reuters) - Gay rights activists and members of conservative groups gathered in the Texas town of Grapevine on Wednesday where Boy Scouts of America delegates were expected to vote at a national meeting to...Tags: Justice and Rights, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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Boy Scouts meet to decide policy on gay Scouts
A two-day meeting of leaders of the Boy Scouts of America will be closely watched as the organization considers a change to its long-standing ban on allowing openly gay boys to be members. Officials are scheduled to open the first of the ballots today....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America
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Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly ... and exclusionary?
There's a question that needs to be asked about a Boy Scouts of America vote scheduled for later this week. We'll get to that, but first try to grasp a little of what Scouting involves. A personal recollection of Boy Scouts was summers at D--(Bar)--A...Tags: Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America
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Boy Scouts set to vote Thursday on gay members
Leaders of Boy Scout organizations from across the United States will vote Thursday in Dallas on whether to accept gay Scouts. Based on a majority vote by 1,400 National Council members, the decision will be announced at 6 p.m. eastern time. The vote...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Elections
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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: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Minority Groups, Social Organizations, Gays and Lesbians
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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: Social Organizations, Healthcare Provider
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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: Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Voting, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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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: Family, Social Organizations, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Human Interest, Social Media
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