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Boy Scouts sue LGBTQ travel group ‘Queer Scout’ over its name
The company, which uses an image of a pink fox for its logo, was accused of “diluting @BoyScouts’ famous trademarks and falsely associating with Boy Scouts,” according to the court filing.
The development came during a tumultuous month for relations between the Trump administration and Scouting America, which receives support from the military.
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Scouting America to alter policies including biological sex requirement to maintain military support, Hegseth says
Some of the changes mirror what the organization suggested to the Department of Justice earlier this year, which included discontinuing its Citizenship in Society
#AlexPretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was in @BoyScouts and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who cared deeply about people
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So sad!
Scouting America responded on Tuesday to a reported memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking to cut ties with the organization, saying it was “surprised and disappointed” by the potential policy change, as the military has given its support to the Scouts since 1937.
“The Scouting movement has had a strong relationship with our nation’s military going back more than a century,” according to the group. “From the tremendous support of the West Virginia National Guard at our National Jamborees to Scout troops that provide stability for the children of military families deployed around the globe, our nation’s military has walked side-by-side with Scouts for generations.”
It also noted that “an enormous percentage of those in our military academies are Scouts and Eagle Scouts.”
Hegseth is reportedly upset with the group for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. His memo, first reported by NPR, accuses Scouting America — formerly known as the @BoyScouts of America — of attacking boy-friendly spaces and for being “genderless.” The memo has yet to be sent to Congress.
bit.ly/44zeCNR by @EllenEMitchell via @TheHill
I was at last Jamboree (2017) livestreaming the Chief Scout Executive, saying they would soon allow girls.
Isolated by covid and technology, young women go on a quest for friendship at the formerly boys-only Scouts National Jamboree. ⛺️
bit.ly/3PJD5ZX by @AnneBranigin
Boy Scouts Emerge From Bankruptcy After More Than Three Years.
U.S. appeals court denies request by non-settling insurers and a minority of sex-abuse survivors to pause the youth group’s reorganization.
bit.ly/3Ld3qxb by @BeckyYerak via @WSJ
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And great artwork from the one and only @sdutBreen!
Judge accepts Boy Scouts’ revamp
A bankruptcy judge has approved a $2.46-billion reorganization plan proposed by the @BoyScouts that would allow it to keep operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children bit.ly/3Buqr9V
Boy Scouts Near End of Bankruptcy, but Group Faces Challenges.
The organization’s $2.5 billion plan for compensating roughly 82,200 sex-abuse victims was the largest and most complex bankruptcy case filed to resolve mass claims of sexual abuse.
on.wsj.com/3vC9tTR via @WSJ
Ruling leaves questions about @BoyScouts bankruptcy plan.
Judge rejects some provisions of the reorganization plan.
The plan called for BSA & its local councils, insurance companies and troop sponsors, to contribute some $2.6 billion in cash & property.
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Scouts sell off camps under strain from sexual abuse suits.
Groups working to find ways to protect them as open space.
@SenBlumenthal thinks there may be federal funds available to buy Scout properties. “We have no time to waste.”
bit.ly/3meneTN by @peatonrobb via @AP
A federal judge rejected @GirlScouts’ claims that the @BoyScouts created marketplace confusion and damaged their recruitment efforts by using words like “scouts” and “scouting” in recruitment drives. And that the matter does not need to be put to a jury.
bit.ly/3LOMdaJ
Boy Scouts Says Abuse Claims Likely to Be Paid in Full, With Lowered Liability Estimates.
The youth group had projected total abuse liabilities between $2.4 billion and $7.1 billion but now pegs them at roughly $3 billion.
on.wsj.com/3r7mO3s by @BeckyYerak via @WSJ
Deal over Boy Scout abuse fails.
$2.7-billion settlement falls short in vote by victims, sending parties back to negotiate new terms.
A preliminary tally showed the bankruptcy reorganization plan fell just short at 73% support, with 75% needed.
bit.ly/3qWWskq
Insurer @Chubb's Century Indemnity Co. agrees to $800M @BoyScouts bankruptcy case settlement.
The payment would bring the amount of money in the proposed trust to more than $2.6 billion, which would be the largest sexual abuse settlement in U.S. history.
on.wsj.com/3s9AFZ9
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