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by nsgi 3257 days ago
> They've even openly welcomed LGBTQ members for some time now [1].

It would be pretty shocking if they didn't in this day and age.

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I guess the BSA are pretty shocking then...
It looks like the BSA accepts LGBTQ members (or at least GBTQ) as of recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America_membersh...
They have, however, been openly hostile to GBTQ scout leaders by allowing religious chartered organizations to revoke scout leadership on the grounds of sexuality.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/dont-clap-just-yet-bo...

...and completely forget anything BSA if you don't believe in some sort of religion-based supreme being, and are open about it (at minimum at the national level - local level varies, but in general is pretty hostile to the idea of atheism as well).