A failed policy compromise, 20 years later

In 2001, the presidents of nine major metropolitan Boy Scout councils proposed a way forward on the gay membership policy. Their solution was not adopted, and their dire predictions came true.

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the BSA’s right to determine its own policy on homosexuality in 2000. (Photo by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash)

The document was written more than 20 years ago, but it reads like it could have been written yesterday. It’s a prescription for the culture wars that ailed the Boy Scouts of America then and now — a way forward that…