Boy Scout troop succumbs to anti-gay pressure, removes inclusive statement from website

Boy Scouts of America pressured a Maryland troop to drop a gay-friendly policy this week. In summer 2012 Pack 442 of Cloverly, Maryland updated their website by adding a non-discrimination declaration on their website that read: ''Pack 442 WILL NOT discriminate against any individual or family based on race, religion, national origin, ability, or sexual orientation.' Even though the troop's members voted online last year to keep the policy, National Capital Area Council (NCAC), the regional division of Boy Scouts of America which oversees Pack 442, threatened to cut off access to funds and privileges unless the statement was taken down.