The Boy Scouts of
America decided to delay its anticipated vote on allowing openly gay people to
serve as team leaders of troops until May.
"After careful consideration and extensive dialogue
within the Scouting family, along with comments from those outside the
organization, the volunteer officers of the Boy Scouts of America's National
Executive Board concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the
organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership
policy," the group
said Wednesday morning.
"To that end, the National Executive Board directed its
committees to further engage representatives of Scouting's membership and
listen to their perspectives and concerns. This will assist the officers' work
on a resolution on membership standards. The approximately 1,400 voting members
of the National Council will take action on the resolution at the National
Annual Meeting in May 2013."
Source: ChristianPost
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