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PILOT MOUNTAIN — Boy Scouts from across Surry County gathered in Pilot Mountain Tuesday for the Dogwood District Annual Recognition Banquet. Dogwood District Executive Brady Adcock shared a presentation of his hike up the Appalachian trail. The 2,1...

Robert M. Gates, the president of the Boy Scouts of America and former secretary of defense, on Thursday called to end the Scouts’ blanket ban on gay adult leaders, warning the group’s executives that “we must deal...

FILE – In this Friday, May 23, 2014 file photo, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America’s annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn., after being selected as the organization’s new president. On Thursday Gates said that the...

by JASmius [Y]ou can still see how that decentralized approach to the queer scoutmaster policy wouldn't abate the BSA's litigation problems in the slightest. The Lavender Lobby wouldn't bother with a "fondle around the edges" strategy but would go straight...

NEW YORK (AP) — The national president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization’s longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable, and called for change in order to avert potentially...