Boy Scouts, Unitarians Hope to Explore Common Ground in Rift Over Gays, Beliefs

Source: The Buffalo News

On October 3, 1998, The Buffalo News reported thatrepresentatives from both the Boy Scouts and the UnitarianUniversalist Church will meet in Boston later in the month "in anattempt to patch up a relationship severed by disagreements over gayrights and religious freedom." Earlier this year, the Boy Scoutstold the Unitarians that they could no longer give out the Religionin Life awards, which are bestowed to boys for their religiousactivities. The Boy Scouts, who encourage thousands of churches,mosques, and synagogues to give out these awards, took that honoraway from the Unitarians because they accept homosexuality and theydon't require a belief in God.