Salon.com > boys http://www.salon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 03:48:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Brooklyn dad welcomes girls, gay members to new scouts troop http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/brooklyn_dad_welcomes_girls_gay_members_to_new_scouts_troop/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/brooklyn_dad_welcomes_girls_gay_members_to_new_scouts_troop/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:49:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13168235 As a former Boy Scout raised in Iowa, Todd Schweikert wanted his 7-year-old son to share in the experience. But the Brooklyn-based father of two hated the idea of signing up with an organization that openly discriminates against gay people. So he used his scout's ingenuity to strike out on his own, starting a new Brooklyn troop that welcomes boys and girls and doesn't discriminate against gay members.

Smart, huh?

"I think the need and the want is there," Schweikert told DNA.info. "A lot of people want their children to be in scouts, but a lot of people have issues with their policies."

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