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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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EDITORIAL: Boy Scouts show social progressivism with new policy

Editors January 31, 2017

The Boy Scouts of America has been shrouded in controversy because of strict rules over what type of members and leaders are eligible to join the historical organization. Since the late 2000s, the Boy...

EDITORIAL: Camaraderie in Boy Scouts should not permit gender discrimination

EDITORIAL: Camaraderie in Boy Scouts should not permit gender discrimination

Editors November 23, 2015

A group of 10 to 13-year-old girls in the “liberal-minded community” of Santa Rosa, California, told Boy Scouts of America leaders this month that they “want in.” The girls, who call themselves...

EDIT: The Wrong Side of History

EDIT: The Wrong Side of History

Editors February 27, 2015

The “Free Exercise Clause” of the U.S. Constitution states that the U.S. Congress can’t “prohibit the free exercise” of religion or religious practices. And Indiana just reinforced that statement...

EDIT: Morally straight

Daily Free Press Admin March 3, 2014

After working several years to become an Eagle Scout, the highest scouting status in the Boy Scouts of America, 15-year-old Andrew Orr left his troop to join Trail Life USA. The Boy Scouts of America...

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