{"id":11044,"date":"2013-05-25T09:28:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T04:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=11044"},"modified":"2013-05-25T09:28:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T04:28:08","slug":"us-boy-scouts-to-allow-gay-youths-not-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=11044","title":{"rendered":"US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4\u0531\u0544\u0546-\u056b-\u057f\u0572\u0561-\u057d\u056f\u0561\u0578\u0582\u057f\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568-\u0569\u0578\u0582\u0575\u056c\u0561\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0565\u0576-\u0574\u056b\u0561\u057d\u0565\u057c\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056b\u0576-\u0561\u0576\u0564\u0561\u0574\u0561\u056f\u0581\u0565\u056c-\u056b\u0580\u0565\u0576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11045\" alt=\"4\u0531\u0544\u0546-\u056b \u057f\u0572\u0561 \u057d\u056f\u0561\u0578\u0582\u057f\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568 \u0569\u0578\u0582\u0575\u056c\u0561\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0574 \u0565\u0576 \u0574\u056b\u0561\u057d\u0565\u057c\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056b\u0576 \u0561\u0576\u0564\u0561\u0574\u0561\u056f\u0581\u0565\u056c \u056b\u0580\u0565\u0576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4\u0531\u0544\u0546-\u056b-\u057f\u0572\u0561-\u057d\u056f\u0561\u0578\u0582\u057f\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568-\u0569\u0578\u0582\u0575\u056c\u0561\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0565\u0576-\u0574\u056b\u0561\u057d\u0565\u057c\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056b\u0576-\u0561\u0576\u0564\u0561\u0574\u0561\u056f\u0581\u0565\u056c-\u056b\u0580\u0565\u0576.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>The Boy Scouts of America said it will allow openly gay youths to join the organization but maintain a ban on gay adult leaders, after a vote at its annual meeting in Texas.<\/p>\n<div>Sixty-one percent of the estimated 1,400 delegates of the BSA&#8217;s National Council voted to end a ban that for decades has barred open homosexuality in the movement.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>The text said &#8220;no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>The Boy Scouts, which is separate from the Girl Scouts of the USA, counts 2.6 million boys in its membership.<\/div>\n<div>The Supreme Court ruled in 2000 in favor of the Boy Scouts, saying that the prohibition against openly homosexual members was part of its right as a private organization to free association.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boy Scouts of America said it will allow openly gay youths to join the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,143,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-usa","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}