U.S. Boy Scouts committee approves allowing gay adults to serve as leaders

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:01pm EDT

U.S. Boy Scouts committee approves allowing gay adults to serve as leaders

DALLAS | BY MARICE RICHTER

The Boy Scouts of America Executive Committee unanimously approved allowing gay adults to serve as leaders, a major step toward dismantling a policy that has caused deep rifts in the 105-year-old organization, officials said on Monday.

The group's National Executive Board will meet to ratify this resolution on July 27, the Boy Scouts said in a statement.

"This resolution will allow chartered organizations to select adult leaders without regard to sexual orientation, continuing Scouting’s longstanding policy of chartered organizations selecting their leaders," it said.

In May, Boy Scouts of American President Robert Gates told the group's national meeting that the ban needed to end, saying the status quo cannot be maintained.

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[Gothmog]

1. Yeah

This is great news. I and others have been working inside the BSA for a long time to change this policy. I am glad that Bob Gates finally got the job done