The Boy Scouts of America has officially ended its ban on openly gay youth membership. 

Gay scout leaders will still be banned, which means gay youth can serve until they turn 18. 

The New York Times provides details on the decision after the jump.

We're seeing more rumbling within the ranks of the Boy Scouts. 

This weekend a northeast chapter of the Scouts, the Connecticut Yankee Council, renounced the Boy Scouts' current discriminatory policy as well as any potential policy that discriminates against gay adults that may act as leaders.

See what the Council had to say after the jump.

Falsely linking homosexuality with pedophilia isn't exactly a new concept amongst conservative "Christian" wingnuts, but Liberty Council member and Christian radio host, Matt Barber, took it a step further when he illustrated his views on why gays shouldn't be allowed to join the Boy Scouts.

Barber tweeted a super classy cartoon that's we're sure is getting a lot of laughs amongst the extreme right wing set. Take a look after the jump.

Hate group the Family Research Council has likely scoured America for a few years before finally finding its pay dirt: the Goode family, which won't allow its young boys to be Boy Scouts if the organization's ranks are opened up to gay kids. 

Bill Moser, who's been active in the Boy Scouts for over 50 years and has two Eagle Scout sons, has resigned from the Boy Scouts citing their anti-gay policies.

See what he has to say after the jump!

If the fast track to state-level marriage equality we've been on so far this year hasn't been enough to excite you about the state of LGBT rights in America, the latest poll from ABC News/WaPo will surely put a smile on that gorgeous face. 

Rick Perry's myopia was on display yet again over the weekend when he appeared on a Boy Scouts-centric webcast hosted by hate group the Family Research Council. Threatening the ruin of the Boy Scouts of America at the hands of the "pop culture" of the LGBT community, Perry and fellow bigot Tony Perkins imply that the threat of inclusion will blow over as long as the BSA remains steadfast with its discriminatory policies. 

Ahead of next month's expected vote on allowing gay troops (but not gay leaders/adults) to serve in the Boy Scouts of America, the Mormon Church has released a statement in support of ending discrimination. 

Once again Scouts for Equality's Executive Director (and the gay community's favorite son) Zach Wahls destroys the anti-gay opposition with logic. 

During a CNN interview conducted by Don Lemon, Zach takes on John Stemberger, the founder of the anti-gay organization, On My Honor, which is working to keep gays out of the Boy Scouts of America.

Watch after the jump. 

Doctoring photos is a time-honored tradition of the anti-gay movement, and one that hate group the Family Research Council celebrated this week in a video encouraging the Boy Scouts to continue discriminating against gays. 

Details follow. 

Updated 1:15 p.m. est

Ahead of a much-awaited vote next month, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America has told Reuters that the organization is set to end its ban on gay troops. 

Details and GLAAD's response after the break.

It looks like California may hit the Boy Scouts where it hurts--in their wallet.

A move to make the organizaion ineligible to receive nonprofit tax breaks based on its discriminatory practices, passed its first vote today in the California state legislature.

More after the jump.