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...Timothy Curran, 29, already had his chance for happy memories of scouting. Now a videotape editor for a local TV news program in Los Angeles, Curran joined a Berkeley troop in 1975 and quickly progressed to Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster. In 1981 he was expelled because officials had seen a newspaper photograph of him taking a male date to his high school senior prom. Curran was a student at UCLA when he was banned. He sued immediately; a decade later, the case is still unresolved. While an antigay posture might seem predictable for scouting, Curran argues that the organization...
...these controversies the motives of the Boy Scouts, and in some cases their challengers, involve more than the legal niceties. Curran, for example, is by any reasonable definition a gay activist. For their part, the scouts are tending to business interests. In the majority of scout troops, for example, the religious component is negligible and almost any professed faith is welcome, from Methodism to Zen. But about 30% of scouts are sponsored by church groups, and those partners would probably take a dim view if scouting suddenly made belief in God optional. On the issue of female membership, many young...
...silliest pretense is that the Boy Scouts do not now number many present or future atheists and homosexuals among their members. Curran was gay and a scout. Elliott Welsh evolved agnostic views shortly after leaving the scouts. Their participation in scouting did not keep them from choosing their lives and values, nor did their participation destroy scouting. What is most troubling in the Boy Scouts' new emphasis on privacy is the hint that the group serves as a retreat for parents who dislike the diverse and tolerant world of today. But that is the world their children will grow...
Penn (70): Paul McMahon 9-17 0-1 20; Scott Schewe 4-6 0-0 8; Vince Curran 6-11 1-3 14; Ken Graf 0-3 0-0 4; Paul Chambers 2-6 4-7 8; Will McAllister 6-15 1-3 14; Ray Marshall 0-2 0-0 0; Dan Purdy 0-1 0-0 0; Barry Pierce 2-7 2-5 6; Mike Milobsky...
Three-pointers: Rullman 3, Condakes, James; McMahon 2, Curran, McAllister, Rebounds: Harvard 42 (Mitchell 13); Penn 35 (Curran 12). Assists: Harvard 18 (Campbell 11); Penn 11 (Chambers 4). Steals: Harvard 2 (Condakes, Campbell); Penn 6 (McMahon 3). Blocks: Harvard 3 (Rullman 2); Penn 1 (McMahon). Fouled out: Campbell; Total Fouls: Harvard 16; Penn 23. Turnovers: Harvard 16; Penn...