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Under pressure, Boy Scouts may ease no-gays policy
Posted: 01.29.2013 at 7:48 AM
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A statue of a Boy Scout stands in front of the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas.  / AP photo
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If approved by the Scouts' national executive board, possibly as soon as next week, the change would be another momentous milestone for America's gay-rights movement.

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