The Boy Scouts of America currently bans "open or avowed homosexuals" from membership. BSA has proposed opening membership to youth without regard to sexual orientation, but would retain the ban for gay and lesbian adults. As an organization chartered by Congress that is devoted to training youth in citizenship and leadership, BSA should be in the forefront of liberty, equality, and civil rights.
The BSA is a "patriotic organization" under federal statute, 36 USC 30901 et seq. The President should propose an amendment to 36 USC 30901 to add language similar to the following: "The corporation [BSA] may not deny membership to any person based upon actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability."