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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), one of the largest private youth organizations in the United States, has policies which prohibit those who are not willing to subscribe to the BSA's Declaration of Religious Principle, which has been interpreted by some as banning atheists, [1] and, until January 2014, prohibited all "known or avowed homosexuals", from membership in its Scouting program. [2]
Sea Scouts is a nautical-themed youth program of the Boy Scouts of America.At the time of this lawsuit, the BSA had policies forbidding avowed homosexuals from membership in BSA, and these policies also applied to Sea Scouting units.
The Boy Scouts of America was founded 115 years ago Saturday by Chicago publisher William D. Boyce — but the organization has changed quite a bit in the past century, including a name change ...
Some former Pioneer leaders have formed Scout groups and there is some controversy as to their motivations in doing so (see Eurasian Scout Region controversies). [citation needed] The Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators is now a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). It is co-educational and has 13,920 members as of ...
Explorer programs, created by the Boy Scouts of America, are supposed to foster interest in policing. They have faced misconduct allegations involving nearly 200 young people.
A new "Scout Me In" campaign featuring boys and girls is also being launched to recruit new scouts in spite of "political correctness" accusations. Boy Scouts' girl-friendly name change sparks ...
Adolph E. Peschke was a veteran outdoorsman, [1] author, and pioneering project designer [2] in the Boy Scouts of America.He is best known for writing the 1993 edition of the pamphlet for the Pioneering merit badge, [3] which serves as a guide to many Scouters implementing pioneering programs in their Scouting units.
The Girl Scouts say their youth membership fell by nearly 30%, from about 1.4 million in 2019- 2020 to just over 1 million this year. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts suffer huge declines in membership ...