<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The Boy Scouts of America’s blanket ban on gay adult leaders could end Monday when a top policy-making board plans to vote. Church-sponsored Scout units, however, could be allowed to maintain the exclusion.
NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America<wm> said that if the organization's top policy-making board votes to lift the restrictions in favor of accepting gay individuals in its religious-affiliated youth programs, the organization could continue the practice of including only scout troops that are affiliated with the organization.
As of the mid-2015 the organization allowed boys in its youth programs to be recruited for troops of the affiliated of the organization and also welcomed LGBTQ-inclusive policies by its youth leaders. However, the US Attorney's office did object. That led the US Senate</wm> to act to push the organization to disaffiliated with the US Attorney's office. Only then did