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Thursday, May 23, 2013  The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Under pressure over its longstanding ban on gays, the Boys Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban for youth members, but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  The Boy Scouts of America is reaching out to its members to find out what they think about the possibility of lifting the group's ban on gays.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  The Boy Scouts of America's national executive board has delayed a decision on whether to lift its longstanding ban on gay scouts and leaders.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  If the ban is lifted, individual troops could still decide on their own whether to allow gay members. That will make for some difficult decisions for those on the Grand Strand and Pee Dee who have been involved in scouting for many years.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  E. Flynn Menius, Jr., 89, of Hartsville, is listed in the Boy Scouts of America's Perversion Files. The 14,000 pages of files were released last month and contain information about accused child molesters who were troop leaders and volunteers with the organization, including Menius' name.

Friday, October 19, 2012  More than 14,000 pages of documents in the "Perversion Files" released Thursday showed most of the accused molesters were troop leaders and volunteers with the Boy Scouts. The attorney in the case, Kelly Clark, has also included a database of previously confidential files. On that database are three cases from the Pee Dee. Two are from Hartsville, and one is from Florence. All date back to the 1960's.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Confidential files that have been released have revealed the Boy Scouts of America hid allegations of sexual abuse on the Grand Strand and Pee Dee.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  State police are not going to investigate allegations that a former solicitor sexually molesting several boyswhile he was their boy scout leader decades ago.

Monday, September 10, 2012  A 36-year-old Myrtle Beach man has come forward saying former Fourth Circuit Solicitor, Jay Hodge, Jr., molested him when he was a cub scout in 1986, making him the third person to accuse Hodge of sexual abuse.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  NewsChannel 15 has learned the South Carolina Attorney General's Office and the State Law Enforcement Division have been asked to look into sexual abuse allegations against Jay Hodge.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Two men described as Youth Male A and Youth Male B filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, Pee Dee Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Jay Hodge, Jr., First Presbyterian Church of Cheraw, and the Estate of William Hebard.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America has emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest campaigns by critics.

Saturday, November 06, 2010  Saturday, the northern Pee Dee region of Boy Scouts of America hosted their annual fall camp out in Marlboro County.

Friday, January 29, 2010  The Boy Scouts of America is turning 100 years old this year, and the South Carolina State Museum is hosting a special exhibit to help the organization celebrate.