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12 hrs ago | Mercury-Register

Scouts' decision to allow gay youths galvanizes critics, supporters

The Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay boys prompted some supporters and critics of the new policy to swing into action Friday.

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17 hrs ago | Cybercast News Service

Conservatives Decry - Gay' Boy Scouts' Vote, Look to Create New Group Based on Traditional MoralsCNS

Conservative leaders decried the Boy Scouts of America's vote on Thursday to allow openly homosexual boys to join the Scouts, and some people critical of the vote now are working to create a separate scouting organization based on traditional morals.

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21 hrs ago | TheBlaze.com

Is the Boy Scouts' Gay Amendment the 'Beginning of the...

Is the Boy Scouts' Gay Amendment the 'Beginning of the End' for the Group? While dramatic, the question is one that is currently being asked in the wake of the organization's decision to allow openly-gay children to be members .

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Fri May 24, 2013

Free Republic

Secrecy, Heavy-Handed Tactics Reported at Boy Scouts Meeting

As counterintuitive as it may sound for an organization with such a wholesome and all-American reputation, it seems that secrecy and heavy-handed tactics are the order of the day at the Boy Scouts of America meeting that will decide whether the BSA will change its century-old policy to expand its membership to include open and avowed homosexuals.

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NewsBusters.org

Networks Give Three Times More Quotes to Supporters of Gay Scout Admittance Than Opponents

Touting the Boy Scouts' "landmark" and "historic" decision to allow openly-gay members, CBS, ABC, and NBC gave supporters of the decision three times as many quotes as their opponents got on Friday morning's news stories.

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KHQ-TV Spokane

Jury Foreman Says Arias Testimony Didn't Help Her

The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' murder trial says the 18 days she spent on the witness stand didn't do her any good.

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Texas Tribune

Kathleen Thompson led an unsuccessful fight for term limits in Grapevine TX.

For proponents of term limits in Texas - a group that defies partisan stereotyping - May has been a disappointing month on the state and local levels.

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ClickOnDetroit

Boy Scouts to allow gay youths to join

More than 60% of the group's 1,400-member national council voted Thursday at an annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas, for the change, which takes effect Jan.

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US News & World Report

Boy Scouts Voting on Gay Youths, Results Expected Soon

James Oliver, left, hugs his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as supporters carry boxes filled with a petition in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters, Feb.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Seattle Times

Scouts’ vote on gays met with celebration, sadness

Jennifer Tyrrell hugs Pascal Tessier in Grapevine, Texas. Tyrrell was ousted as a Cub Scout den leader in 2012 and Tessier was told he could not attain the Eagle Scout rank because each was openly gay.

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Post and Courier

Lowcountry leaders concerned about parental reaction to vote by Scouts to allow openly gay boys

Terri Hall, left, of San Antonio, Texas, stands with her son Nathaniel Hall, 8, as they hold signs near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas.

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Mail & Guardian

Boy Scouts of America to vote on lifting anti-gay ban

The Boy Scouts of America will vote on a proposal to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout its 103-year history.

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Christian Science Monitor

Boy Scouts' historic vote on gays: lobbying right up to the end

Matthew Ray, 15, of North Richland Hills, Texas, holds signs near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas.

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KTVN Reno

10 Things to Know for Today

12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan.

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Boston.com

Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members.

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Wed May 22, 2013

WFAA-TV Dallas

UPDATE @ TENDeadly gunfire at Southlake Town Square

A 43-year-old man was sitting in his Range Rover with his wife in the 100 block of Grand Avenue when he was shot shortly before 7 p.m. near the Victoria's Secret store, Southlake Department of Public Safety Chief Stephen Mylett said.

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KMPH-TV Fresno

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America's leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts - a decision that, either way, could deeply affect the organization's membership and funding.

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ABC 33/40

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

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Orange Juice

Be Prepared to Take Two Minutes Today, Harvey Milk Day, to Lobby the Boy Scouts

The Boy Scout on the left is 17 and gay. Under proposed new rules to be voted on soon, he can be a member of the Boy Scouts of America.

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NOLA.com

Boy Scouts to hold 2-day meeting to decide policy on gay Scouts

Boy scouts and cub scouts hold signs at the "Save Our Scouts" Prayer Vigil and Rally in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Irving, Texas on Wednesday, Feb.

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