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Boy Scouts of America
Websites
2001 Sundance Award Winning Documentary Film as seen nationally on PBS about the struggle to overturn the anti-gay policies of the Boy Scouts of America.
http://www.scouts-honor.com
Poll and opinion forum regarding the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the Boy Scouts to ban gay troop leaders.
http://women.com/news/forums/backtalk/F0629/
Follow-up article by Joseph Farah describing many recent actions taken against the Boy Scouts in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21255
Commentary by Joseph Farah describing the assault on the Boy Scouts by homosexual political activists and atheists.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21204
Alan Keyes analyzes homosexual activists' battle against the Boy Scouts
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21149
The U.S. Supreme Court explains that the Boy Scouts may exercise their right to association by excluding homosexuals.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-699.ZO.html
Educational and advocacy group formed in response to the policies of the Boy Scouts of America to discriminate on the basis of religion and sexual orientation.
http://www.inclusivescouting.net/necis/
Tim Curran's personal web site describing his dismissal and subsequent lawsuit against the Mt. Diablo Council of the BSA
http://www.timcurran.com/scouting/
A collection of essays and background material on the BSA's membership policies maintained by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
http://religioustolerance.org/bsa.htm
Essay by an Eagle Scout arguing that homosexuals are inappropriate as members of the Boy Scouts of America.
http://www.geocities.com/ScoutDutyToGod
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.
http://www.thestranger.com/2000-07-20/city4.html
Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg, and Breyer dissent, criticizing the majority's argument as "an astounding view of the law."
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-699.ZD.html
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.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/cases/record?record=33
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.
http://www.uua.org/news/scouts/index.html
Transcript of news piece interviewing several scouts, scout leaders and funders in Maryland and New York. Offers streaming video and audio versions.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/y.../jan-june01/scoutwars_05-23.html
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.
http://www.manhattan-institute.o...g/html/_wsj-boy_scout_battle.htm
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."
http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_1_why_the_boy.html
Legal commentary by Kenji Yoshino on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in BSA v. Dale
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20000630_yoshino.html
Organization whose mission is to inform and involve people in the culture war, and to preserve the values of the Scout Oath from attacks being waged by the radical Left.
http://scoutoath.tripod.com
The Episcopal Church approved a resolution in an attempt to open a dialogue with the BSA regarding its membership policies
http://arc.episcopalchurch.org/ens/GC2000-082.html