XL Country 100.7 KXLB Radio » boy scouts http://xlcountry.com Wed, 22 May 2013 21:57:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Eagle Scouts Return Their Medals to Protest the Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Policy http://xlcountry.com/eagle-scouts-return-their-medals-to-protest-the-boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy/ http://xlcountry.com/eagle-scouts-return-their-medals-to-protest-the-boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:30:49 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=125409 Last week, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its longstanding policy of banning gays from being scouts or scout leaders.

Now a number of straight men who’ve received the group’s highest honor — the ranking of Eagle Scout — are returning their medals in protest.

]]> http://xlcountry.com/eagle-scouts-return-their-medals-to-protest-the-boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy/feed/ 0 wfryer, flickr This Day in History for June 15 – Twelfth Amendment Ratified and More http://xlcountry.com/this-day-in-history-for-june-15-twelfth-amendment-ratified-and-more/ http://xlcountry.com/this-day-in-history-for-june-15-twelfth-amendment-ratified-and-more/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:57:33 +0000 XL Country http://xlcountry.com/?p=12022 Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (More info)

1775 – George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army (More info)

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