Boy Scouts of America

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Decision On Gay Scout Leaders To Come By October, Group's Head Says

7:52pm May 22, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Robert Gates, the former CIA director and former defense secretary, tells NPR that the Boy Scouts of America needs to talk to sponsoring institutions about the potential change.

The California Supreme Court ban prohibits state judges from belonging to nonprofit youth organizations that practice discrimination. That includes Boy Scouts, which has restricted gay troop leaders.

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California Judges Must Cut Ties With The Boy Scouts

2:52pm March 18, 2015

by Emily Green

The state's earlier ban on judges' belonging to groups that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation now applies to youth organizations. Does this take judicial impartiality too far?

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