Scouts OK after policy change in Boy Scouts history
A year after the National Executive Board ended the blanket ban on openly gay adults, sponsorship shifts and surveys show stability in youth participation and renewed support from some sponsors. Catholic, Mormon and Southern Baptist groups faced mixed reactions with some disaffiliations, while others maintained or restored ties as leaders praised constructive outcomes.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
Southern Baptist
BSA
Boy Scouts
Robert Guglielmone
Charleston
S.C
National Catholic Committee On Scouting
Guglielmone
Southern Baptist Convention
Ted S. Spangenberg Jr
The
Association of Baptists
Mason
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert Gates
Defense
Scouts’ National Executive Board
Gates
Cub Scouts
Effie Delimarkos
Bismarck
N.D
David Kagan
Appleton
Wis
Faith Lutheran Church
Dan Thews
Utah
Mormon Church
U.S
Rural hardship tests USDA lead role in rural revival
In Meigs County Ohio a USDA funded rural clinic treats addiction and provides family counseling as Harmon caring for five plus three new wards struggles with cost of groceries and home repairs. The article frames rural poverty, job loss and drug addiction as shifting government priorities.
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Washington
Hannah Harmon
Ohio
Harmon
U.S. Department of Agriculture
America
Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Meigs County
Judy Sisson
Republican Party
Meigs
Sisson
Vilsack
Hillary Clinton
USDA
Dee Davis
Center For Rural Strategies
Whitesburg
Lyndon Johnson
Appalachia
Franklin Roosevelt
Davis
Perry Varnadoe
Varnadoe
Trump
Pennsylvania
Iowa
John Kasich
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Norman Rockwell
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Donald Trump
Cleveland
Daniel Lichter
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Hopewell
Mark Bridenbaugh
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