Exclusionary Practices & Policies of the
Boy Scouts of America

  

Court Cases Contrary to popular belief, BSA is still involved legal battles over their exclusionary membership policies. To view a summary of these cases, click the image below:          Sexual Abuse The cover-up for child abusers within the Catholic Church is connected with the BSA. To learn more about Catholic Scouters who've abused children, click the image below:

  In June 2000, the United States Supreme Court ruled (Dale v. BSA) that the Boy Scouts of America is a private organization and is therefore entitled to establish their own exclusionary membership criteria. Since this ruling, there has been an enormous amount of publicity on the BSA, as an organization, on its relationship with public and governmental agencies, and on its exclusionary practices and policies.
     This web site has been designed to provide those interested in the exclusionary practices and policies of the Boy Scouts of America with information on which to form their own decision on this issue. The sources for the material found on this web site range from personal accounts, BSA official documents, news articles, published books, doctoral dissertations, Internet postings, and more. Please note that all of the material on the site supporting/defending BSA's policies come from BSA. Many have never previously been published in any manner. If you know of any other BSA document(s) regarding this subject, that you do not see on this site, please feel free to send it to us via e-mail. We're always interested in additional documentation on this topic.
     As the Boy Scouts of America have in the past 25+ years referred to the central issue of their exclusionary policy as the "3 G's" (gays, girls and the godless), we've divided the web site into three (3) main areas of their exclusionary policies - Gays, the Godless, and Girls.
     We plan on making additions to the site as new developments with BSA occur. Any recent news items will be posted on the web site. Check out the latest news as of March 10, 2006! To see what has been added/changed to this site, please check the Site Updates page. You can also find our disclaimer on this page.

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