Boy Scouts Start Accepting Gay Youth On New Year's Day; Associated Press via HuffingtonPost.com, 12/28/13

David Crary and Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press via HuffingtonPost.com; Boy Scouts Start Accepting Gay Youth On New Year's Day: "The Boy Scouts of America will accept openly gay youths starting on New Year's Day, a historic change that has prompted the BSA to ponder a host of potential complications — ranging from policies on tentmates and showers to whether Scouts can march in gay pride parades... The new policy was approved in May, with support from 60 percent of the 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council. The vote followed bitter nationwide debate, and was accompanied by an announcement that the BSA would continue to exclude openly gay adults from leadership positions. Under the new membership policy, youths can no longer be barred from the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts or coed Venturers program solely on the basis of sexual orientation. However, gay Scouts will face some limitations."