NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders — a potentially dramatic retreat from an exclusionary nationwide policy that has provoked relentless protests.
Boy Scouts considering retreat from no-gays policy
Monday, January 28, 2013 | 8:53 p.m. CST
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