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California Senate panel targets tax-exempt status of Boy Scouts
A state Senate committee recommended Wednesday that California revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit groups including the Boy Scouts of America that do not allow gays and transsexuals to become members. The Senate Governance and Finance Committee...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Boy Scouts of America, Finance, Clubs and Associations
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Should state revoke Boy Scouts' tax-exempt status? [Talkback]
Should the state of California revoke the Boy Scouts of America's tax-exempt status? A state Senate committee recommended Wednesday that such status be revoked from nonprofit groups -- including the Boy Scouts of America -- that do not allow gays and...
Tags: John D. Rockefeller IV, Politics, Boy Scouts of America, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Scout survey asks: Should gay and straight Scouts share a tent?
Is it acceptable or unacceptable for an openly gay Boy Scout to share a tent with a heterosexual boy on an overnight camping trip? Is it acceptable or unacceptable for a lesbian to serve as a den leader for her son’s Cub Scout den? Those are among...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Boy Scouts of America, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Boy Scouts survey seeks to measure attitudes on gay membership
The Boy Scouts of America is surveying adult members about their attitude toward gays in Scouting as the group’s leaders consider potentially lifting their ban on gay membership later this spring. The 13-question survey is being distributed to 1.1...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Minority Groups, Opinion Research Corporation, Michael Bloomberg
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Carly Rae Jepsen bows out of Boy Scout event
Carly Rae Jepsen has a message for the Boy Scouts: Don't call me. Four days after an Eagle Scout filed a petition on change.org, Jepsen has called off her scheduled appearance at this summer's National Scout Jamboree, which is to be held July 15-24 in...
Tags: Adele (music artist), Boy Scouts of America, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations
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Lawmaker threatens tax status of Boy Scouts for excluding gays
A Southland lawmaker has proposed taking away the tax-exempt status of the Boy Scouts of America if it continues to exclude gay, bisexual and transgender people from its ranks. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) has introduced legislation that...
Tags: Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Organizations, Ricardo Lara, Gays and Lesbians
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The Supreme Court and gay marriage: a reading list
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in two cases that could become landmarks of American legal history: challenges to Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that outlawed gay marriage in California, and to the 1996 federal...
Tags: Authors, Barack Obama, Minority Groups, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Marriage
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Girl Scout cookie thieves leave crumbs all over the country
There's a terrible crime wave sweeping the nation! Well, OK, there's probably not a crime wave targeting Girl Scout cookies, per se. But when it comes to a few recent cookie-related mishaps, terrible is a pretty good word to describe each of them....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Des Moines Register, Girl Scout Cookies, Theft, Social Organizations
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LAPD seeks public's help in finding missing Canadian tourist
L.A. NOWLos Angeles police asked for the public's help Wednesday in finding a Vancouver, B.C., woman last seen at a downtown L.A. hotel nearly a week ago.... -
Boy Scouts postpone decision on admitting gays
IRVING, Texas -- The Boy Scouts of America decided Wednesday to put off a decision on whether to lift a national ban of gay members and leaders, saying the issue of sexual orientation was too complex and needed more time for study. The decision to...
Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Elections
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Groups react to Boy Scouts' non-decision on gay membership
IRVING, Texas -- Several hundred Boy Scouts, parents and supporters gathered outside Boy Scouts of America national headquarters in the Dallas suburbs Wednesday to rally against lifting the ban on gays in Scouting. They came toting American flags and...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Boy Scouts of America, United Way , Protestant Convention, Clubs and Associations
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Groups fight over Scouts' ban on gays with a petition and prayer
Lobbying efforts stepped up on Monday as the leadership of the Boy Scouts prepared to consider an end to the national ban on gay membership. Members of the Scouts’ board began their three-day meeting Monday in Irving, Texas, where those seeking to...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Barack Obama, Minority Groups, Boy Scouts of America, Rick Perry
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