Abraham Medina, who works with the organization Boys and Men of Color, called the press release an insensitive "marketing pitch" for injunctions.
The Scout method is the principal method by which the Scouting organizations, boy and girl, operate their units.
Boy Scouts, organization of boys from 11 to 14 or 15 years of age that aims to develop in them good citizenship, chivalrous behaviour, and skill in various outdoor activities.
A meeting of church leaders from a half-dozen denominations and parents who oppose the inclusion of gay scouts is scheduled this month in Louisville, Ky., to discuss building what the organizer, John Stemberger, calls a new "character-development organization for boys".
A meeting is planned for next month to discuss the formation of a new organization for boys.
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5 4) on June 28 , 2000 that the Boy Scouts, a U.S. organization for boys, may exclude gay scoutmasters.
After the decision was announced Thursday, John Stemberger, an evangelical leader from Florida who organized a campaign to block the change, said that like-minded groups and parents would meet next month in Louisville, Ky., to discuss creating what he called a new "character development organization for boys," an alternative to scouting.
In other countries, especially within Europe, Scouting and Guiding have merged, and there is a single organization for boys and girls, which is a member of both the WOSM and the WAGGGS.
The LDS Church announced Wednesday (Aug. 26), that the Utah-based faith will stick with the Scouts after threatening last month to bolt from the youth group and form its own international organization for boys.
The decision inspired the close minded, "morally straight" scouts and scout leaders in the On My Honor network to quit the Boy Scouts of America, and convene in Kentucky to consider "the creation of a new character development organization for boys".
John Stemberger, who led the charge against a policy change as the head of the group OnMyHonor.net, plans to gather supporters in Louisville, Ky., in June to consider starting an alternative "character development organization for boys".
