Update (May 7): The board members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are expected to vote this month on whether or not to lift the organization's ban on gay members. Ahead of the vote, though, the BSA says more than 6 in 10 adult members support the existing policy.

BSA conducted a survey of more than 1 million adult members, of whom 200,000 participated. The results showed that members "support the current policy by a 61 percent to 34 percent margin."

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Update (April 19): Reuters reports that the Boy Scouts of America will end its ban on gay members, pending ratification by a board vote in May.

According to the Associated Press, the organization "is proposing to lift the ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders."

ReligionClause offers links to the proposal here.

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Update (Feb. 6): The board of the Boy Scouts of America decided to delay its vote until its annual meeting in May, saying that more discussion is ...

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