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Child Abuse Victims Act Goes into Effect with Lawsuits Expected to be Filed Against Archdiocese of NY

15 Aug 2019
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Derek Welch

Over 400 lawsuits have been filed According to the New York Child Victims Act, a new law which was signed earlier this year on February 14, adult survivors of child sexual abuse can now sue their...

Atheists Demand Membership In Boy Scouts Of America

15 Jun 2018
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Derek Welch

Non-Believers Argue Now Is The Time To Fight Exclusion The Boy Scouts of America have gradually accepted members of the LGBTQ community into its ranks. Girls have now also been included in what some...

Should You Care About Mormons Leaving The Boy Scouts?

09 May 2018
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Gary Nguyen

Why Mormons are ending their association with Boy Scouts and how it could affect your life. Many of you will not think that Mormons leaving the Boy Scouts is important. The Boy Scouts of America (soon...

Boy Scouts’ Exclusion of Atheists

17 Oct 2017
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Elisa Meyer

The Boy Scouts of America continues to follow right-wing policies its ranks. The organization followed a religious right image even a few years before with its regressive and unfair policies against...

Anti-Gay Group Compares Critics to Nazis

05 Sep 2017
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Alison Lesley

Mat Staver alleged a lack of morals and integrity in present day US Head of the anti-LGBTQ group Liberty Counsel, . Known for his hyperbole, Staver outdid his earlier verbal exploits of comparing...

01 Feb 2017
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Nathan Glover

Transgender kids can now join the Boy Scouts of America This is another huge leap by the Boy Scouts after they allowed openly gay boys to join in 2013. Admission into the Boy Scouts will now be based...

Boy Scouts Lifts Ban on Gays, but Atheists Must Join Unitarian Church

22 Jun 2016
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Nathan Glover

Secular Coalition for America founder says Boy Scouts of America are condoning prejudice. 2015 saw the Boy Scouts of America ending their blanket ban on openly gay leaders and employees. However,...

Christian Groups Offer Alternative to Boy Scouts

14 Apr 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Christian scouting groups are becoming more popular. Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the largest youth organization in America, has more than 2.4 million members. Its goal is to train youth in character...

Mormon Church Will Continue to Sponsor Boy Scouts of America; Will Screen Scout Leaders

27 Aug 2015
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Alison Lesley

Mormon Boy Scouts will only have Scout leaders who have been screened and prequalified by the church. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) will continue to be part of the Boy Scouts...

Majority of Utah Mormons Want to Drop Relationship with Boy Scouts

20 Aug 2015
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Gary Nguyen

Several suggest that the church would be better off if it creates a separate yet similar program for the young Mormons. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is at risk of losing one of its largest troop...