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	Scouting for All - http://www.scoutingforall.org Scouting for All is a national nonprofit, 501(c)3, advocacy organization working to change the Boy Scouts of America's exclusionary polices against atheists and gays.
	Boy Scouts Legal Issues: Home - http://www.bsalegal.org/ Official BSA site created to inform the public about the legal issues that confront Scouting.
	Why the Boy Scouts Work - http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_1_why_the_boy.html Heather Mac Donald, writing for City Journal, provides a detailed history of inner-city scouting and then argues that the position of activists trying to change the BSA is that "furthering the gay-rights crusade takes precedence over helping inner-city children."
	NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Boy Scout Wars - May 23, 2001 - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/youth/jan-june01/scoutwars_05-23.html Transcript of news piece interviewing several scouts, scout leaders and funders in Maryland and New York. Offers streaming video and audio versions.
	Boy Scout Battle Pits Gay Activists vs. Minority Kids - http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-boy_scout_battle.htm Heather Mac Donald, writing for the Wall Street Journal, warns that poor, minority children will suffer if gay-rights activists persuade corporations and others to withhold support from Boy Scouts.

	Curran vs. Boy Scouts Lawsuit - http://www.timcurran.com/scouting/ Tim Curran's personal web site describing his dismissal and subsequent lawsuit against the Mt. Diablo Council of the BSA
	Religious and Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Boy Scouts of America - http://religioustolerance.org/bsa.htm A collection of essays and background material on the BSA's membership policies maintained by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
	Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Stevens' minority opinion) - http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-699.ZD.html Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg, and Breyer dissent, criticizing the majority's argument as "an astounding view of the law."
	Tying the Boy Scouts in Knots - http://www.thestranger.com/2000-07-20/city4.html Gay columnist Dan Savage calls his local Boy Scout council asking how the BSA's policies would affect his son's participation in Cub Scouts.
	Gay and Lesbian Scouts Received With Open Arms in Tolerant Canada - http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/070300-02.htm San Francisco Chronicle article about the 129th Toronto Scout Group, and Canada accepting gay and lesbian scouts there.

	Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Rehnquist's majority opinion) - http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-699.ZO.html The U.S. Supreme Court explains that the Boy Scouts may exercise their right to association by excluding homosexuals.
	Discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America - http://www.bsa-discrimination.org A collection of news articles, essays, and other resources on the Boy Scouts of America, its policies, and recent court cases.
	Episcopal Bishops call for Inclusive Boy Scout Leadership - http://arc.episcopalchurch.org/ens/GC2000-082.html The Episcopal Church approved a resolution in an attempt to open a dialogue with the BSA regarding its membership policies
	FindLaw's Writ - Yoshino: Scout Loophole - http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20000630_yoshino.html Legal commentary by Kenji Yoshino on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in BSA v. Dale
	Separation of morals and state (WorldNetDaily) - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21149 Alan Keyes analyzes homosexual activists' battle against the Boy Scouts

	The war on the Boy Scouts (WorldNetDaily) - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21204 Commentary by Joseph Farah describing the assault on the Boy Scouts by homosexual political activists and atheists.
	War on the Boy Scouts, Round 2 (WorldNetDaily) - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21255 Follow-up article by Joseph Farah describing many recent actions taken against the Boy Scouts in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision.
	Is it OK to Ban a Gay Scoutmaster? - http://women.com/news/forums/backtalk/F0629/ Poll and opinion forum regarding the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the Boy Scouts to ban gay troop leaders.

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