Boy Scouts' anti-gay policy holds up County Board deal

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 8, 2003| Author: Abdon M. Pallasch | Copyright information

For generations, Chicago area Boy Scouts have pitched their tents and unrolled sleeping bags at Camp Kiwanis in Willow Springs on Cook County Forest Preserve property.

But some Cook County Board members balked at entering a 25-year agreement with the Scouts on Wednesday because of the organization's refusal to allow gays and lesbians to serve as Scout leaders.

"I think we should take the lead of other cities and governmental bodies and corporations and say, 'We like what the Boy ...

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