Boy Scouts Delay Decision On No-Gay Policy

Source: TPM


PEMA LEVY 10:38 AM EST, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2013


The Boy Scouts of America will delay a decision on whether to admit gay scouts and scout leaders, the Associated Press reports. The group's board was expected to make a decision Wednesday, but the group's leaders say they need more time for deliberation and won't vote on the policy change until their annual meeting in May.

The policy change under consideration would lift the national ban and allow local troops to decide whether to admit gay members.

A solid majority of Americans support repealing the no-gay policy. According to a Quinnipiac University poll Wednesday, 55 percent of voters want the Boy Scouts to repeal the ban while only 33 percent want it to remain in place.

President Obama had expressed support for the change. “I think that my attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life," he said in a CBS News' interview Sunday.

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Here's the FULL Associated Press (AP) article:

BOY SCOUTS DELAY DECISION ON ADMISSION OF GAY SCOUTS, LEADERS SAYING MORE DELIBERATION NEEDED
Feb. 6 10:30 AM EST


DALLAS (AP) — Boy Scouts delay decision on admission of gay scouts, leaders saying more deliberation needed.

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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/boy-scouts-delay-decision-admission-gay-scouts-leaders-saying-more-deliberation-needed