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- The "Problem" of God in the Boy Scouts
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/517047.html - Book excerpt about the historical background to the Boy Scouts of America's policies regarding Duty to God. By Jay Mechling.
- Discrimination in Girl Scouts: Marika's Story
http://diversityingirlscouts.org/ - Information about a lawsuit by girl denied membership in GSUSA because she is in a wheelchair.
- Grassfire - Scout Petition
http://grassfire.net/scouts.asp - Petition of support for the Boy Scouts of America's membership standards.
- Religious Tolerance
http://www.religioustolerance.org/bsa.htm - Links and information with regard to religious and sexual orientation concerns and the Boy Scouts of America.
- Lone Scouts and the BSA
http://www.geocities.com/lonezrule/index.html - Provides history, program information, contacts and links.
- Boy Scouts of America Facts
http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-503.html - Describes the Boy Scout program, its aims and objectives.
- Save Our Scouts
http://www.saveourscouts.com/ - Offers an online petition and educational information on the current threats to the Scouting program in the USA, including news articles and a listing of organizations that have recently withdrawn support.
- Scouting For All
http://www.scoutingforall.org - A nonprofit advocacy organization working to change the Boy Scouts of America's exclusionary policies against atheists and gays.
- Scouting Legal Defense Fund
http://www.defendscouting.com/ - Information on projects, articles, and contacts concernining court cases involving the Boy Scouts of America.
- The Scout Path
http://www.scoutpath.homestead.com/ScoutPath.html - Desiderata of Scouting.
- Scouts Canada Act - Time for Democracy
http://scoutdocs.ca/Scouts_Canada_Act/ - Information about the amendment of the Canadian legislation governing scouting.
- Scout School
http://www.geocities.com/cherokeecfg/ss/ - Home schooling with the aid of the Scout and Guide badge program.
- Youthscouts
http://www.youthscouts.org/ - Organization in stage of formation. Information on program and objections filed by Boy Scouts of America.
- Reaching Out-of-school Youth in Kenya
http://www.pathfind.org/pf/pubs/focus/Project%20Highlights/Scouts%20Kenya.htm - Using Scouting as a vehicle by George Kahuthia and Samson Radeny.
- Boy Scouts Legal Issues
http://www.bsalegal.org/ - Official BSA site created to inform the public about the legal issues that confront Scouting.
- Good Turn for America
http://www.goodturnforamerica.org/ - Boy Scouts of America national call to service. Encourages units to help provide food, shelter and promote good health habits within our nation. Includes overview of initiative, project ideas and an area for units to record service projects.
- Scouts Canada Helping Young Immigrants
http://www.mcgill.ca/newswire/?ItemID=9611 - "Young immigrants who enroll in youth organizations like Scouts Canada have better opportunities for more effective integration into Canadian society."
- Discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America
http://www.bsa-discrimination.org - A collection of news articles, essays, and other resources on the Boy Scouts of America, its policies, and recent court cases.
- Harambee Project
http://www.didael.it/harambee/ing/indexING.htm - Joint Italian - Kenyan Scouting iniciative.
- Youth of the World Scout Project
http://www.youthoftheworld.net/ - Joint World Organization of the Scout Movement and United Nations initiative for peace, development and disarmament. Provides information on how young people may take part and the criteria for the Youth for Development Prize.
- Scoutreach
http://www.scoutreachbsa.org/ - Contains information for the development of the Scouting program in various ethnic, language and minority communities in the United States.
- Scouting for the Homeschooled
http://hoagys.org/homeschooledscouts/ - Includes program information, conferences, lone scouts and contacts.
- Nonbeliever Antidiscrimination Project
http://www.nonbeliever.org/index.bsa.html - Links to articles concerning the position of the Boy Scouts of America.
- False Scouting Allegations
http://www.fayl.org.uk - Information and support for scouters in the United Kingdom facing false allegations of misconduct. A voluntary organisation dedicated to providing advice to any scouter effected by false allegations of abuse.
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Scouting
http://www.emeritbadges.org/pressroom/newswire.pdf - Article about the participation of the IEEE in the promotion of Scouting.
- Gifts for Peace
http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/2007/gifts_for_peace - A Scouting centenary project for the promotion of world peace.
- The death of Canadian scouting
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/zeiger/040812 - Article from an American editorial perspective.
- Honiara Project - ACT Scouts
http://act.scouts.asn.au/actscouts/sites/honiara/ - October 2006. 60 Venturer and Rover scouts from ACT visited Honiara in the Solomon Islands, to install infrastructure in a scout facility. Part of the Gifts for World Peace program, organized by ACT Branch.
- Tanzanian Scouts Officials Accused of Graft
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/01/10/57492.html - Report concerning a multi-million scam involving the sale of foreign invitations to youths members willing to seize an opportunity to travel abroad.
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