The Boy Scouts of America voted 61% to 39% to allow openly gay young men to become members in the 103-year-old organization. Representatives from troops across America agreed to lift the ban during their annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas.
The resolution only concerned gay youths — young men under the age of 18 — who wish to join the Boy Scouts. Homosexual men cannot be Scout Leaders and, as it now stands, a young man who wished to remain in the Scouts once he turned 18 would be forced out. Critics of the resolution fear that the admittance of youths will soon lead to another measure allowing adult membership.
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