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 New Jersey public law of accommodations violated the Boy Scouts of America's First Amendment right of expressive association 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 since the 1970s years referred to the central issue of their exclusionary policy as the "3 G's" (gays, girls and the godless), the web site has been divided into three (3) main areas of their exclusionary policies - Gays, the Godless, and Girls. The reviews published on this site discussing each of the 3 G's are admittedly biased against the BSA. All of the BSA's arguments for their policies are available on this web site and are referred to within the policy reviews. It is left up to you, the visitor to this site, to decide your personal position regarding BSA's discrimination.
   It is planned to make 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 November 5, 2009! 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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