By Brenda Servin |Staff Writer| For over 20 years the Boy Scouts of America’s policy has prohibited openly homosexual scouts from gaining membership into their organization. At the annual Boy Scouts of America meeting in Grapevine, Texas, 1,400 Nation Council members voted on the policy that would allow openly homosexual boys into the scouts. The policy change won with 61 percent of the vote to allow openly gay youths to join. The new policy for the Boy Scouts of America states, “no youth may be denied membership in Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone,” it will take into affect January 1, 2014. The new policy change was a bittersweet … [Read more...] about Boy Scout Policies changing but it’s too little too late
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Campus “Crusaders” welcome students with open arms
By Tom Stillwagon |Staff Writer| Christians at Cal State should acquaint themselves with Andrew Farison and the Campus Crusade for Christ International. Also known as CRU (pronounced “crew”), the Campus Crusade for Christ was started in the 1950s by Bill Bright at UCLA. What started out as a small campus ministry has since grown, as CRU currently has club branches throughout the world. Farison, the CRU president at CSUSB, did not originally intend to join the club. It was his parent’s idea. “They were involved with Campus Crusade when they were in college,” said Farison. “I wasn’t too stoked about it but then I found the group and got involved. The people that I met there ended … [Read more...] about Campus “Crusaders” welcome students with open arms
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