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  • Family sues after Boy Scouts strip merit badges from boy with Down syndrome

    03/20/2018 7:03:17 AM PDT · by Bloody Sam Roberts · 59 replies
    Dallas News.com ^ | 3/20/2018 | Tom Steele
    A Utah man is suing the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America after the organization voided every merit badge his son — who has Down syndrome — has earned, blocking the 15-year-old's path to becoming an Eagle Scout. Chad Blythe of Payson, Utah, filed the lawsuit last week in the state's 4th District Court, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. He claims the Boy Scouts and the Utah National Parks Council engaged in "outrageous and reckless conduct" and that his family has suffered emotional distress because of their actions.Logan Blythe had been planning to create kits with blankets and onesies for infants with special needs as...
  • Boy Scouts Add a New Digital Badge

    04/16/2010 2:10:09 PM PDT · by Domandred · 26 replies · 497+ views
    NY Times ^ | 4/16/2010 | Nick Bilton
    I wasn’t a very good Boy Scout when I signed-up at 6 years old. It wasn’t that I didn’t have fun traipsing around the woods — instead, I spent most of my time daydreaming about my brand new computer, a 1982 ZX Spectrum.