Open Directory - Society: Issues: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual: Boy Scouts of America
See also: - Official BSA site created to inform the public about the legal issues that confront Scouting. - Tim Curran's personal web site describing his dismissal and subsequent lawsuit against the Mt. Diablo Council of the BSA - A collection of news articles, essays, and other resources on the Boy Scouts of America, its policies, and recent court cases. - Legal commentary by Kenji Yoshino on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in BSA v. Dale - Complete listing of information on the BSA v. Dale case by the organization that represented James Dale. Includes copies of all amicus briefs, decisions, news articles, background information, and print-ready photos. - A collection of essays and background material on the BSA's membership policies maintained by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance - Scouting for All is a national nonprofit, 501(c)3, advocacy organization working to change the Boy Scouts of America's exclusionary polices against atheists and gays. - Unitarian Universalist Association's site detailing its struggle over BSA's refusal to recognize its religious award because of the UUA's stance on homosexuality and theism. - Transcript of 2001 news piece interviewing several scouts, scout leaders and funders in Maryland and New York. Offers streaming video and audio versions. (May 23, 2001) - Follow-up article by Joseph Farah describing many recent actions taken against the Boy Scouts in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision. (January 09, 2001) - Commentary by Joseph Farah describing the assault on the Boy Scouts by homosexual political activists and atheists. (January 04, 2001) - Alan Keyes analyzes homosexual activists' battle against the Boy Scouts (December 30, 2000) - Gay columnist Dan Savage calls his local Boy Scout council asking how the BSA's policies would affect his son's participation in Cub Scouts. (July 20, 2000) - Heather Mac Donald, writing for the Wall Street Journal, warns that poor, minority children will suffer if gay-rights activists persuade corporations and others to withhold support from Boy Scouts. (July 06, 2000) - San Francisco Chronicle article about the 129th Toronto Scout Group, and Canada accepting gay and lesbian scouts there. (July 03, 2000) - Heather Mac Donald, writing for City Journal, provides a detailed history of inner-city scouting and then argues that the position of activists trying to change the BSA is that "furthering the gay-rights crusade takes precedence over helping inner-city children." (January 01, 2000)
