Public Interest
Aug. 4, 2000
Parents Debate Abandoning Scouting in Support of Gays
By Peg Healy. A few days before our annual midsummer Cub Scout den planning meeting, I get messages from two of the five boys' parents. They're concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting the Scouts' policy to exclude homosexuals. One of them is ready to secede and start a parallel organization or affiliate with the Cub Scouts in Canada, who (rumor has it) does not agree with that policy.
By Peg Healy
A few days before our annual midsummer Cub Scout den planning meeting, I get messages from two of the five boys' parents. They're concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting the Scouts' policy to exclude homosexuals. One of them is ready to secede and start a parallel organization or...
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