What You Can Do
Scouting For All's National Campaign
for BSA Members including Scouting Parents, Scout Units, sponsors (Chartering Organizations), and Scout Councils

It is everyone's responsibility to speak out against social injustice, in this case the social injustice of the BSA. We must not turn our backs on those who are being discriminated against. We encourage parents and guardians to make sure your child participates in youth organizations that value the diversity of the human family and have inclusive policies and abide by those policies. In fact the Boy Scouts of America is the only youth organization in America that discriminates against gay youth and adults. As a people we should all feel offended and violated by the Boy Scouts of America's policy of discrimination against gay youth and adults and atheists. When one person is discriminated against we all are discriminated against. The BSA's policy of discrimination is a human rights violation.

The Scouting For All Volunteer Staff, Members and Volunteers believe Scouting is a wonderful program, but it should be a program for all youth not just some youth. Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the World Scouting Movement in 1907 founded Scouting on the principle that Scouting would be offered to all youth and thereby providing them an opportunity to grow and develop as individuals and to help contribute in making this world a better place. There is no room in Scouting for bigotry and discrimination.

Through the Scout Oath and Law, the Boy Scout Handbook, and the Citizenship merit badge booklets, we can see that scouting teaches its members to help make the earth a better place. Discrimination and Bigotry have never been a part of Scouting. Those in Scouting have an ethical and moral obligation to stand against the bigotry of its current leadership.

If you are a Scout sponsor (charting organization e.g. churches, service clubs, etc.) insist that your Scout unit adopt an anti-discrimination policy and send it to the BSA and to your local Scout Council.

A Call to All Those In Scouting
Scouting For All is calling upon all members of the Boy Scouts of America (adult leaders, paid professionals, parents and Scouts). We ask that you take a stand against the discrimination of the BSA. To remain silent just colludes with the discrimination and bigotry of their hurtful policy against gay youth, adults and atheists. Remember the following quote as you decide what to do:

"In Germany they first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade Unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and by that time no one was left to speak up."
Pastor Martin Niemoller

Let's Take Action!

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BSA Members, Scout Units, Sponsors, Councils

Boy Scouts of America Chief Executive Makes $249,000 Year
Scouting Radio News

Action Alert to All Members of the Boy Scouts of America

• To All Members of the Boy Scouts of America, A Call to Action: Boy Scouts, Adult Leaders and Scout Councils Throughout the United States of America

OUT SCOUTS Is A Group Made Up Of Scouts Speaking Out Against the Bigotry of the BSA Toward Gay and Atheist Youth and Adults

• OUT SCOUTS Is A Group Made Up Of Scouts Speaking Out Against the Bigotry of the BSA Toward Gay and Atheist Youth and Adults: OUT SCOUTS is a project of an Ohio University student organization and like Scouting for All is trying to get the BSA to drop its policies banning gays and atheists. We hope to work very closely with Scouting for All to achieve our common goals.

The Boy Scouts of America are Violating Their Own Scout Oath and Law

• An Overview Of The Golden Book of Scouting
• Boy Scouts of America Don't Keep Their Own Oath
• THE LETTER THAT INSPIRED THE SCOUTING FOR ALL MOVEMENT: THE COURAGE OF A BRAVE BOY SCOUT
• Boy Scout Prayer Book Now Obsolete!
• Versions of the Scout Oath and Law from Around the World

BSA Resolution Denouncing Gay and Atheist Youth and Adults In Scouting - February 6, 2002

• KEY SCOUT LEADERS ADVOCATE CHANGING BSA POLICY EXCLUDING GAYS
• Paul Lorenzini President of the Cascade Pacific Council, Statement at Nat'l. BSA Exec. Brd. Mtg. In Response to The 2/6/02 BSA Resolution Denouncing Gay And Atheist Youth And Adults In Scouting
• Editorial Comment on The 2/6/02 BSA Resolution
• BSA Resolution of February 6, 2002 Had 6 Dissenting Votes
• Policy Becomes the First in Organization's 92-Year History

The Boy Scout Decision - Why The US Supreme Court Got It Wrong - The BSA is a Public Accommodation not a Private Organization

• The Boy Scout Decision - Why The US Supreme Court Got It Wrong - The BSA is a Public Accommodation not a Private Organization
• The BSA Gets Away With Its Bigotry

Letter to the World Organization of the Scouting Movement from Scouting for All and Its Supporters in the United States of America and Throughout the World

• U.S. Scouts shun gays, Europeans don't

Boy Scouts of America Position Statements

Official Position Statements of the Boy Scouts of America on Diversity, School Access and the United Way

• Official position statements of the Boy Scouts of American on the following issues: 1. Diversity 2. School Access 3. the United Way
• Roy Williams, Chief Scout Executive says the BSA will not change its policy against gays unless membership decreases
• Steven VS the BSA National
• Boy Scouts of America Standard Position Statement to the News Media
• Redwood Empire Council Statement to the Press
• One of Matthew Shepard's Murderers was an Eagle Scout: What Kind of Message is the BSA Giving Our Youth?
• Core Values of Scouting or Core Values of Religious Fundamentalists?
• Pamphlet distributed in Conn. explains Scout stance on gays
• An Interview with Roy Williams, BSA Chief Scout Executive and Response from Mike Neubacker, Member of Scouting For All
• Boy Scouts of America and Affiliates Draw Attention for Alleged Unethical and Illegal Business Dealings

Network Media Coverage of the Discriminatory Policy of the Boy Scouts of America

• 60 Minutes Coverage of the Boy Scouts of America's Policy of Discrimination

Boy Scouts of America Membership Statistics

• Boy Scout Enrollment: Growth Declines in '98, '99
• Membership Figures 2000
• Boy Scouts' Rolls decline by 25%: Thousands dropped after inquiry
• BSA membership down for the first month of January '01
• BSA National Membership/Participation Report" for February 2001, Membership Continues on a Downward Trend
• August 30, 2001 National Boy Scouts of America Membership Figures
• BOY SCOUTS LOSE MEMBERS, ACCORDING TO ANNUAL REPORT - Discrimination Against Gays Seen As Key Cause
• Scouts selling off prime wilderness - Councils trade in their camps for cash
• BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA DECIDES: MORE OF SAME, BUT RAISE THE PRICE / BSA LOSES MEMBERSHIP
• Panel looking into Boy Scout roster inflation
• BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA¹S MEMBERSHIP DECLINES, DESPITE JUGGLING THE FIGURES
• FBI Probes Boy Scouts Over 'Phantom' Members In Gay Ban Wake
• BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S MEMBERSHIP DECLINES, DESPITE JUGGLING THE FIGURES
• BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA¹S MEMBERSHIP DECLINES
• BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's FRAUDULENT MEMBERSHIP FIGURES
• Boy Scouts of America National Leadership Seems Desperate to Increase Declining Membership
• Well, BSA's members ARE voting with their feet.
• Boy Scouts Lied About Black Members
• NH Boy Scouts to audit membership rolls
• The Boy Scouts of America Get Desperate: Sends Scouts Out To Recruit Membership For A Merit Badge!

History of The Boy Scouts of America

• BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Some Important Dates Relating to Discrimination
• BSA Other Important Dates
• Brigham Young University Offers A Major In Scouting
• You Want to Know What The Boy Scouts of America Is Up To: Read This

Protest by Turning in your Scout Awards

• Some Scouts Protest by Turning In Their Award Badges- Eagle
  • Surrendering my Eagle Award
• Send Your Eagle Badge and other Scouting Awards to Scouting For All not to The BSA
• I'm an Eagle Scout and I'm Ashamed of the Boy Scouts of America
• List of Those Courageous Scouts Who Have Turned in Their Eagle badge/Scout Awards as a Form of Protest
• Commentary: A father and his son give back their Eagle Scout medals
• Eagle Scout Turns In His Eagle Badge

As Members of the BSA One Way to Oppose the BSA's Policy of Discrimination is to Inform Your Local Council and BSA National that You Will NO LONGER Contribute to Friends of Scouting, Instead Contribute to Another Local youth Organization or to Scouting For All

A Sample Letter for BSA Members, Scout Units and Scouting Parents to Use in requesting that Their Local United Way to Stop Funding the BSA Until it Rescinds its Policy of Discrimination

Synopsis On The History And Current Dilemma Facing The Boy Scouts of America: A Must Read For Anyone Interested In Learning About The FACTS

Some Scout Councils Attempt to Mislead the Public and Funders such as the United Way to Secure New Membership and Funding and to Retain Current Membership

• Only Two Scout Councils in The United States have Defied The National Policy
• Some Scout Councils Get Approval from BSA National to Secure Funding by Misleading the Public and Funders: The Issue is addressed by Scouting for All
• National Organization cites out findings in BSA duping of United Way
• Cradle of Liberty Council Kicks Out Gay Scout After Announcing It Had Adopted An Anti-discrimination Policy Which Protected Gay Youth and Adults
• List of Scout Councils Misleading the Public
  • Cradle of Liberty Council, 22nd and Winter Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1085 Telephone 215-988-9811
  • Otetiana Council, 474 East Ave., Rochester, New York
  • Hiawatha Seaway Council, 113 Twin Oaks drive, Syracuse, New York
  • Boston Minuteman Council, 199 State St., Third Floor., Boston, MA 02109
  • Minsi Trails Council, 9901 Postal Rd., Allentown, PA 18102
  • Naragansett council: Pioneer Valley Council of the Boy Scouts and the Moby Dick Council, which is now
    part of the Naragansett, RI Council
• Boy Scouts Lie To Acquire Taxpayer Funds
• Scouting for All Opposes Some Scout Councils Adopting A "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Policy
• Another Scout Council, The Milwaukee County Council Attempts To Fool Funders, "We Won't Discriminate, But We Follow The National BSA Policy Of Discrimination"
• Two Articles: It looks like the local government has been financing the scouts with public money, including paying $47 for each merit badge(!) / Membership Discrepancies

Scouts Take a Stand Against the Boy Scouts of America's Policy Of Discrimination

• Uncle Sam and Scouting for All How the Church Hijacked Scouting

Scout Units - If you are aware of a Scout Unit in your area that has adopted an anti-discrimination statement / policy and would like to be listed in this section to inspire other Scout Units to do the same, please send your information to info@scoutingforall.org. We would be honored to list the courageous Scout Unit in this section of the Scouting For All web page.

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• An Example of an Anti-discrimination Statement from Den 4 Pack 8, Petaluma, California
• Pack 43 Corte Madera, California Anti-discrimination Statement
• Den 5 Pack 27,Sebastopol, California of the Redwood Empire Council, Anti-discrimination Statement
• Berkeley, California Cub Scout Pack 30's Position on Gay Scouts and Leaders
• Den 7 Pack 1 of Los Angeles California Opposes BSA Policy
• Pack 28, Santa Barbara, California Tells the Boy Scouts of America They Won't Teach Discrimination
• Pack 34 Westwood, Western Los Angeles County Council Plays Hardball with Cub Scout Pack 34 because they have taken a stand on the side of human rights.
• Venture Crew 488, Sebastopol, CA Antidiscrimination Letters to BSA National and
  the Redwood Empire Council, Santa Rosa CA
• Troop 2, Pack 97, Santa Monica, California Anti-discrimination Resolution
• Cub Scout Pack 546 of San Diego, California Tells the BSA They Will NOT Discriminate
• PACK 97 / CRESCENT BAY DISTRICT / WEST L.A. COUNTY COUNCIL
• Boy Scouts of America Tells Venture Crew 488 to retract it's Anti-Discrimination Statement or get booted out of Scouting
• Samuel Brown, Eagle Scout and Den Leader Pack 198, Connecticut Rivers Council
• Boy Scouts Take Off Shirts in Protest
• Parents of Troop 335 West Lafayette, Indiana Tell the BSA Discrimination is Wrong
• Oak Park Scout Units Plan to Leave the BSA for Campfire Boys and Girls an Outdoor Program that Doesn't Discriminate
• Oak Park Scouts Kicked Out by the BSA Join Camp Fire Boys and Girls
• Pack 33 Great Sauk Trail Council Ann Arbor, Michigan, says no to the BSA Policy of Discrimination
• Honey Creek Community School Pack 33, Ann Arbor, MI Tells the BSA It's Leaving to Join the Campfire Boys and Girls
• Troop 103 East Harlem, New York Tells the BSA They Won't Discriminate
• Cohes, NY, Troop 670, 54 year old Scout Troop Stands by Chris Hayes, gay Eagle Scout
• TROOP 729, New York City Rejects BSA Discriminations by Sending the BSA National an Anti-Discrimination Statement
• Troop 110 Resolution, Portland, OR, Pioneer Dist. Casade Pacific Council
• Pittsburgh, PA Cub Scout Pack 47's Anti-discrimination Statement
• Cub Scout Pack 88, RI, Chartered by the Central Congregational Church Say They Won't Discriminate
• Hugh Scout Troop From Garfield High School, Seattle, WA, Resigns From The Boy Scouts of America and Joins An Alternative Outdoor Youth Program, The Mountaineers
• Darrell Lambert's Troop Came To Bat For Him
• Troop 28 Joins Cub Scout Pack 88 Providance Rhode Island: Defy the BSA's Discrimination Aganist Gay Youth and Adults
• Madison, Wisconsin's Cub Scout Pack 302, Chartered by the Franklin/Randall PTO, Takes a Public Stand Against the BSA
• CUBS' PARENTS TO FIGHT GAY POLICY INSTEAD OF PULLING OUT OF SCOUTING, THEY DECIDE TO WORK FOR CHANGE.

Scout Councils - If you are aware of a BSA Scout Council in your area that has adopted an anti-discrimination statement / policy or has questioned the BSA policy of discrimination in any way, please send Scouting for All your information to info@scoutingforall.org. It will help inspire other Scout Councils to also find the true scouting courage to stand against social injustice, even if that injustice is being committed by their own organization, the Boy Scouts of America.

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• Nine Scout Councils Request BSA National to Stop Discrimination Against Gays (NY, CA, MA, IL, MN, PA)
• Some Scout Councils of the BSA Question and Some Defy their Policy of Discrimination
• The Monmouth Council Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has adopted a policy in an attempt to clarify its position on homosexuals in Scouting, But Failed to Make any changes from the BSA's Discriminatory Policy
• 9 Scout Councils Speak Out Against the BSA's Policy of Discrimination Against Gay Youth, Adults and Atheists
• Piedmont Scout Council, California, Will Not Follow the National BSA Policy of Discrimination
• Troop 2, Pack 97, Santa Monica, California Anti-discrimination Resolution
• Fairfield Cub Scout pack protests Boy Scout policy
• DAVID BRUDNOY: Speech To The BSA Minuteman Council of Boston At The 26TH
• Indian Head Council, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Great Lakes Council (MN) Agreed to Allow the Pilgrim Congregational Church to Adopt an Anti-discrimination Policy with Its 90 year old troop 98: The BSA National Denied the Church Sponsorship after 90 Years of Sponsoring Troop 98
• Baden Powell Council, New York, The Pool Geller Case
• The Greater New York Council asks for a "Timely Review" of the BSA National's Policy of Exclusion
  • (and more)
• Twin Rivers Council, Albany, NY Stands by Fellow Gay Scout Chris Hayes
• The Greater New York Council, BSA Announced Its Decision to Challenge the National BSA's Policy of Discrimination
• Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America's Anti-discrimination Statement
• Boy Scouts of America, the Greater New York Council of the BSA is Urging the National Organization to Rethink its Anti-gay Policies
• Mr. Crego,Pres. of the Otetiana Council, Rochester, NY says the Otetiana Council Does not Favor the BSA's Policy of Discrimination and Seeks Change to Allow Scout Sponsors and Units to Determine Membership as is Stated in the 1916 BSA Charter
• Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley Reaches Out To Educate The Otetiana Council Of Rochester NY About The Effects Of Homophobia Has On Youth
• Minsi Trails Council, Lehigh, PA Changes the BSA Policy Excluding Gays to a Poliy Protecting Youth from Inappropriate Sexual Behavior: Gets United Way Funding
  • Scouting for All Cautions the Public and Funders of the BSA NOT to Be Fooled by Current Rhetoric
• Legal victory fails to save scouts over anti-gay stand
• Narragansett Council 546, Providence, Rhode Island
• The Narragansett Council of Boy Scouts had asked its parent organization to review the policy - National BSA Stands by Gay Ban
• Narragansett Council of the BSA Announced Once Again They Asked National BSA to Review its Ban on Gays
• Troop 28 of Providence, RI Says the Narragansett Council May Need to Succeed from BSA National
• Four Lakes Council, Madison, Wisconsin Asks the BSA to Rescind It's Discriminatory Policy
  • Regional Scouts council asks for ban' s repeal

Scout Professionals - Current and Past BSA Members

• Scout Exec Comes Out
• National office dismisses gay Scout council leader
• Eagle Scout Inducted into the Eagle Scout Hall of Fame NY Speaks Out Against BSA Discrimination
• Members of the Boy Scouts of America Speak Out Against the BSA Policy of Discrimination
• Judge James Lambden California 1st District Court of Appeal Left Scouting as an Assistant Scoutmaster after 35 years because his Professional Ethics was in Conflict with the BSA's Policy of Discrimination; but the BSA has a Loophole
• New York Council of the BSA, Scout Executive Daniel R. Gasparo says, "Our Programs Do Not Discriminate Based on Sexual Orientation
• Edwin George, Ph.D., Eagle Scout, Sends a Strong Message to Members of the BSA: Support Scouting in America by Taking a Stand Against It's Policy of Discrimination
• Exclusion of Gays Violates Voyageur Council's Principles says a 25 Year Board Member Who Resigned from the Voyageurs Area Council Executive Board, Hibbing and Duluth MN
• Den Leader of 2 Dens and Parent in Pack 515, Watsonville, California Resigns
• Eagle Scout, Fire Chief Speaks Out Against the BSA's Policy of Discrimination
• Mike Sullivan, Executive Board Member of the Voyageurs Area Council Resigns Out of Protest Over the BSA Policy of exclusion
• John Archer, 2000 Business Person of the Year by the Beverly, MA, Chamber of Commerce Resigns as the BSA Yankee Clipper Council Fundraiser
• Mark LaFontaine, Eagle Scout was accepted as a Member of NESA, the National Eagle Scouts Association and then was Denied because Mark is Gay
• Mike Sullivan - Past Voyageurs Area Council Vice-President and 25 year Executive Board Member - resigned December 2000 Speaks Out
• A Young Man Hoping to Become a Professional Leader for the Boy Scouts of America
• Lori Kinczel Former Den Leader Tiger Cubs asks the United Way to Stop Funding the BSA
• John Guthmann Indian Head Council Board of Directors member, Cub Master, and Eagle Scout says the BSA Should Be Decided by the Chartering/Sponsoring Organization and Scout Units
• Michael P. Pusillo Father of a Gay Eagle Scout Writes to Steven Spielberg
• Steve Jewell has been involved in boyscouts since he was a child, and now can't stand to wear his Boy Scout uniform
• Expelled Scout pushes reform. Scott Pusillo to be honored by Empire State Pride Agenda
• Like a Good Eagle Scout, Glenn Blackmon, Displays the Courage of a Scout to Speak Out Against the BSA's Policy of Exclusion
• Gabi Clayton of Olympia, WA lost her son and shares her pain
• Eagle Scout denial stuns gay activist. Lauderdale man ousted from group
• A BSA Adult Leader Resigns from the Mt. Diablo Council After 25 Years of Service
• A Former Scout, Troop 52, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1962 Speaks Out
• Doug Gentry, of a Couincil in California, Resigns from the BSA After Almost 42 Years Because of Its Discriminatory Policy Against Persons who Are Gay
• Irv Conrad of the Pioneer Valley Council, Massachusetts scouting district commissioner, Tells the BSA National to STOP Its Discrimination against Gays
• State of Washington's Governor, Gary Locke, Eagle Scout Supports Scouting for All's Efforts and Our National Rally 2001
• Greg Songer speaks Out Against The Boy Scouts of America's Policy of Discrimination
• Doug Gentry Represents A Family With A Long Scouting Tradition, Says He Cannot Any Longer Support The Boy Scouts of America As of September 1st, a major host of Scouting related maillists discontinued in protest of the Boy Scout's discrimination of youth and adults based sexual orientation. See http://www.bowline.org/
• George Thompson, Asst. Scoutmaster, Troop 66, River Forest Illinois Speaks Out
• Detroit Scout Leader Takes A Stand, STOPS Donating To The Boy Scouts of America
• I Am Saddened By The Path Of Discrimination Scouting Has Taken
• As A Current Atheist Scout I Have To Hide Who I Am
• The Governor of the State of Washington Speaks Out Against the BSA's Policy of Discrimination
• Scout Leader Finds The Courage Not To Remain Silent, Silence Just Colludes With The Bigotry of the Current Leadership Of The Boy Scouts of America
• POINT OF VIEW How the Boy Scouts could change course Troop sponsorship, participation are keys
• Born Again Christian Eagle Scout Speaks Out Against The Discrimination Of The Boy Scouts Of America
• Eagle Scout wants to change Boy Scouts policy on gays
• Roger Stearns, Eagle Scout, Class of 1989 Says Discrimination By The BSA Must Stop
• Many Adults Leaders Resign Because Of the BSA's Bigotry
• Eagle Scout Speaks Out On Behalf Of Ousted Atheist Eagle Scout Darrell Lambert
• Letter of Protest From An Eagle Scout To The Boy Scouts of America
• Scouts should respect my freedom of religion
• ACTIVISTS BRAVE RAINY WEATHER TO PROTEST SCOUT POLICY
• Connie Davis, former Assistant Scoutmaster Speaks Out, Troop 294, Vashon Island, Washington
• Shawn Johnson, Eagle Scout of Utah, Thanks United Way of Ventura For Denying Funding To the Boy Scouts of America Until The BSA Stops Its Policy Of Discrimination
• Scout Leaders Quit Over Gay Policy
• Eagle Scout Speaks Out
• Ex-Scout leader fights for gay rights
• Mick Rabin, Eagle Scout and Scouting for All Member, San Diego, California Presents At the National Conference of Community and Justice Youth Congress: Youth Demand Full Inclusion In The Boy Scouts of America
• Eagle Scout Gets At Kicked Out For Supporting Scouting for All's Stand Against the Boy Scout's Of America's Policy of Discrimination
• Eagle Scout Comes Out To His Scout Leaders
• Benjamin Patrick Hyink, Eagle Scout, LaGrange, Illinois, Secular Humanist Society of Chicago, Speaks Out
• Eagle Scout stands up for others' rights
• Eagle Scout Supports The Efforts of Steven Cozza and Scouting for All Against The Discrimination of The Boy Scouts of America
• Here's my letter to Governor Warner of the State of Virginia: State Government Should Not Be Supporting A Discriminatory Organization, Boy Scouts of America
• Eagle Scout Shares His Experience With The Boy Scouts of America
• BSA Past Member SAYS STOP FUNDING THE BOY SCOIUTS OF AMERICA
• David Thomas, Eagle Scout and the 1996 program director for the Simon Kenton Council's Chief Logan Reservation Speaks Out Against the BSA's Policy of Discrimination
• ACLU winner of youth activist scholarship an ex-scout
• Ex-Scout Seeks Change To Allow Gays
• HERE IS A LETTER An Eagle Scout SENT: Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America
• Eagle Scout Has A Few Words For Roy L. Williams, Chief Scout Executive, BSA

Sponsoring (Chartering) Organizations (services clubs, PTAs, Churches) - If you are aware of a chartered (sponsoring) organization in your area that has adopted an anti-discrimination statement / policy or has taken a stand in another way against the BSA's policy of discrimination and would like to be listed in this section to inspire other chartering organizations to do the same, please send your information to info@scoutingforall.org.

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• Reform Jewish Leaders Recommend to End Their Ties With the Boy Scouts of America
• Redwoods Presbyterian Church, Larkspur, California Charter organization for Pack 43 of Corte Madera, CA: Does Not Accept the BSA's Policy of Exclusion
• Rabbi James Lee Kaufman, Speaks for His Congregation, Temple Beth Hillel, San Fernando Valley, CA: Tells the BSA They Will not Follow Their Anti-gay Policy and Advocates Change from Within the BSA
• Episcopal Church at Their 73rd General Convention held in Denver, CO Adpoted the Following Resolution in Response to the Boy Scouts of America's Policy of Discrimination
• Washington Park Church of Colorado Ends Its 60 Year Association with the Boy Scouts of America
• Temple Emanuel, Denver's Largst Synagogue Banned the BSA Because of Its Discriminatory Policy Against Persons Who are Gay
• UUChurch West Hartford, Connectcut Taks A Stand Against The discrimination of the BSA
• United Methodist Church in Oak Park, IL Denied by the BSA to Sponsor a Scout Unit Because they Refused to Discriminate
• Union Congregational Church affiliated with the United Church of Christ, Taunton, Massachusetts rejects the BSA's Policy of Discrimination
• Great Lakes Council (MN) Agreed to Allow the Pilgrim Congregational Church to Adopt an Anti-discrimination Policy with Its 90 year old troop 98: The BSA National Denied the Church Sponsorship after 90 Years of Sponsoring Troop 98
• Cambridge-Isanti High School Says No To Boy Scouts of America
• Kansas City Synagogue Congregation Beth Shalom Opposes the BSA National Policy of Discrimination
• United Church of Christ at Dartmouth Evicts Boy Scouts Because Of Policy On Homosexuals, Hanover, New Hampshire
• Chartering Church (Fort Washington Collegiate Church of Washington Heights, New York City) and Troop 729 Stand together in Adopting an Anti-discrimination Policy
• Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church of Chapel Hill, North Carolina Loses Its Sponsorship after 40 Years: The BSA Rejects Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church Because the Church Believes Discrimination Against Gays or Anyone is Morally Wrong
• St. Edmund's Academy in Squirrel Hill, PA Won't Sponsor Pack 4 Because of the BSA's Anti-Gay Policy
• Rev. Joan Armstrong, First Unitarian Society, Madison, WI: Poignant Summation of the Struggles of her Church Face to Face with the Bigotry of the BSA
• Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, Madison, WI says no to the Boy Scouts of America: refuses to sponsor bigotry

Youth and Parents (guardians)

• Scout Tale - A True Story: Gay Scout Mother's Lament
• Acceptance of gay students improving But hostility still abounds, students say.
• Pediatricians and Family Practitioners Should Consider the Implications of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Policy Discrimination Against Gay Youth and Adults
• Gay Teens Need Our Support
• A Scout Parent from the Grand Canyon Council, BSA, Phoenix, AR Speaks Out Against the Boy Scouts of America's Policy of Discrimination
• Lori Kinczel Former Den Leader Tiger Cubs asks the United Way to Stop Funding the BSA
• Rhode Island Medical Society, which has 1,600 members Oppose the BSA Policy of Discrimination and says the Policy is Harmful to Gay Youth
• Gay students demand schools recognize law
• It's to Late for Justin: Speak Up againt the BSA's Discriminatory Policy Silence Equals Death
• Human Rights Watch finds the widespread abuse of gay students in high school.
• AMA, the American Medical Association, Says the Boy Scouts Should Reconsider Gay Ban
• STOP NAME CALLING: A NEW GLSEN RESOURCE
• Survey On Violence Towards Gay People
• The Facts About Pedophilia and Homosexuality
• Man Sues Over Anti-Gay Taunts
• Adoption in Same-Sex Couples: Legally Recognizing the Same-Sex Parent Has Real Benefits to the Child, Parents
• Youth Found Role Model In Gay Scout Leader
• Cheshire athlete makes emotional address to peers Tuesday, June 11, 2002
• Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation
• National Survey of Teens Shows Anti-Gay Bullying Common in Schools
• Teens Said Abused in Boy Scout Program
• Love Makes A Family
• Sexual Identity Hard-Wired by Genetics - Study
• Boy Scouts shut dad out of events at public school

Gay Scouts Need Gay Adult Scout Leaders

• Gay Role Models are Needed for Gay Youth
• Youth Found Role Model In Gay Scout Leader

What do I do as a Parent?

• Should I Sign My Child Up with the Boy Scouts of America?
• Scouting parents face tough decisions after court ruling
• A Concerned Parent Expresses Herself
• Mothering: Is "Be Unfair" The New Scout Motto?
• A List of Some Youth Organizations That Don't Discriminate
• A Parent Makes an Ethical Decision by Withdrawing His Son from the BSA
• A Father Shares His Story About His Son and What It Means to be a Good Scout
• Big Brothers and Sisters Does NOT Discriminate Against People Who are Gay

BSA Today

www.bsatoday.org - BSA Today attempts to provide a "plain language" summary and analysis of news dealing with the general topic of discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America. It contains links to a wide variety of other sites that can be used to conduct further research into the topic. It has been described by some as a "library." Hope you find it useful.