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To: Ransomed
14 I have yet to read a coherent account of the voting process and the results. It must be a secret or something. One article said the policy was changed by ‘more than 60% of local Scout leaders’ who were there to vote, but neglected to say what % of local Scout leaders were there.

Does anyone know the details of the vote?

5/23/2013 – BSA membership resolution passes with more than 60 percent of vote
http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/

After an extensive discussion within the organization, the Boy Scouts of America’s approximately 1,400 volunteer voting members chose to adopt the membership policy resolution and remove the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone. The final vote breakdown was 61.44 % for the proposal, and 38.56 % against. The change takes effect Jan. 1, 2014. Voting results were tabulated and certified by TrueBallot, an independent, third-party voting firm.

It was a straight-up ballot, i.e., YES or NO. No amendments were allowed on the floor.

The total number of voting delegates was ~1,400 taken from ~294 local councils across the country. Each council had a minimum of 3 votes. Larger councils, defined by the number of youth members, were allocated more voting delegates.

153 posted on 05/24/2013 4:30:10 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: MacNaughton
denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone

That's the key point you're missing. You can still be denied membership for not being "morally straight" and not living up to the Scouting standards which haven't changed at all.

181 posted on 05/25/2013 10:22:19 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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