IRVING, Texas — Caught in an ideological crossfire, the Boy Scouts of America is retreating until May from a decision about whether to ease its policy of excluding gays. Whatever the organization eventually does, it’s decision may anger major constituencies and worsen schisms within Scouting.
The delay, which the Scouts attributed to ‘‘the complexity of this issue,’’ was announced Wednesday after closed-door deliberations by the organization’s national executive board. Under consideration was a proposal to ease the longstanding ban on gays by allowing sponsors of local troops to decide for themselves on the membership of gay Scouts and adult leaders.
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Can anyone doubt that the Junior Fascist League will eventually decide not to admit gay children? As if anyone really knows his sexual persuasion at that age. The Scouts are moribund; the organization deserves to wither away.