From Yahoo! News: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California lawmakers are considering taking some tax exemptions away from youth groups that do not accept gay, transgender or atheist members — a move intended to pressure the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay Scouts and troop leaders. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
The Better Business Bureau has expelled its Southern California chapter in the wake of an ABC News investigation into allegations of a Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
NEW YORK — On his 18th birthday, Ryan Andresen received a symbol of the Boy Scouts’ highest honor, which the national organization had denied him because he is gay: an Eagle Scout pin. Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
The latest RIAA tax filing shows that the revenue generated by the anti-piracy group has reached a new low. In just two years the membership dues from music labels have been cut in half and have now sunk to below $30 million a year. While the group has 72 employees, payouts to the top two executives including CEO Cary Sherman amount to more than $3 million, some 25% of the total wage bill. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Exclusive: Corporate power, unrepresentative politicians and apathetic voters leave UK ‘increasingly unstable’, says study Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A same-sex couple who have a two-year old son have been denied access to a health club’s swimming pool because they are a same-sex couple. Original post on thenewcivilrightsmovement.com Comments on reddit.com
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Credit unions hit a record number of members last year, as a growing number of consumers grew fed up with the fees at the nation’s biggest banks and took their money elsewhere. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres responds to Prop 8 being overturned and the Original post on eonline.com Comments on reddit.com