The young people, dressed in uniform, seem part of a tradition from a bygone era. Some cheer as the small, homemade go-carts spin down the track; others struggle to make the perfect knot or pitch in to help clean up the local park. They serve as a...

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States. It was founded in 1910 as part of the Scout Movement. It is believed that over one hundred million Americans have been members. As of December 2005 it had a...

Below is an excerpt-minus some legalisms-of a request before the Supreme Court to hear a case challenging a partnership between a public school district and Boy Scouts of America, which excludes nonreligious children recruited through the schools. The case has been brought by...

The Boy Scouts of America has emphasized its right to keep its membership free from gays to adhere with its moral standards. Legal issues were raised when the organization dismissed scout leader Chuck Merino when he went public about his homosexuality. When the...

Catherine Pollard, who became the Boy Scouts of America's first female U.S. scoutmaster after a years-long legal fight, died Wednesday. She was 88.Pollard, who volunteered with the Scouts in Milford, died in Seminole, Fla., said Shawn Smith of Smith Funeral Home in Milford, which is...

When Kinlichiinii John set out to earn a religious emblem for his uniform like other Cub Scouts, he learned that none exists to acknowledge his Navajo beliefs.Neither the traditional Navajo spiritual way of life nor the Native American Church are among the 35 religious affiliations...