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::The BSA reaffirmed its view that an avowed homosexual cannot serve as a role model for the traditional moral values espoused in the Scout Oath and Law and that these values cannot be subject to local option choices.

::The BSA reaffirmed its view that an avowed homosexual cannot serve as a role model for the traditional moral values espoused in the Scout Oath and Law and that these values cannot be subject to local option choices.

Starting in the late 1990s this led to several high profile lawsuits, such as the one brought by the [[ACLU]] of San Diego,<ref>http://www.aclusandiego.org/boy_scouts/boy_scouts_082800.html</ref> which proposes that the discriminatory practices of the organization should make them ineligible for the use of public funds or public lands.

Starting in the late 1990s this led to several high-profile lawsuits, such as the one brought by the [[ACLU]] of San Diego,<ref>http://www.aclusandiego.org/boy_scouts/boy_scouts_082800.html</ref> which proposes that the discriminatory practices of the organization should make them ineligible for the use of public funds or public lands.

The homosexual cases culminated in the [[Supreme Court]]'s Dale decision in 2000, which ruled that as a private organization, the Scouts were entitled to choose their own members. The ACLU lost, but as noted by Robert Bork Jr., spokesman for the BSA and son of the former Supreme Court nominee [[Robert Bork]], the ACLU "has been trying ever since to have the Scouts expelled from the public square." [[Gay rights activist]]s in dozens of cities have persuaded [[United Way]] to stop supporting the Scouts.  

The homosexual cases culminated in the [[Supreme Court]]'s Dale decision in 2000, which ruled that as a private organization, the Scouts were entitled to choose their own members. The ACLU lost, but as noted by Robert Bork Jr., spokesman for the BSA and son of the former Supreme Court nominee [[Robert Bork]], the ACLU "has been trying ever since to have the Scouts expelled from the public square." [[Gay rights activist]]s in dozens of cities have persuaded [[United Way]] to stop supporting the Scouts.  

In 2013, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth. In 2015, the organization lifted its ban on gay leaders. <ref>[http://www.latimes.com/la-na-nn-boy-scouts-gay-leaders-20150713-story.html#page=1 "Boy Scouts of America moves to stop banning gay troop leaders," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 13, 2015.]</ref>

In 2013, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth. In 2015, the organization lifted its ban on gay leaders.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/la-na-nn-boy-scouts-gay-leaders-20150713-story.html#page=1 "Boy Scouts of America moves to stop banning gay troop leaders," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 13, 2015.]</ref>

[[Atheist]] Scouts have also been removed from the organization on the basis of the twelfth point of the Scout Law being "reverent".<ref>http://www.beliefnet.com/story/116/story_11619_1.html</ref>

[[Atheist]] Scouts have also been removed from the organization on the basis of the twelfth point of the Scout Law being "reverent".<ref>http://www.beliefnet.com/story/116/story_11619_1.html</ref>