The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), one of the largest private youth organizations in the United States, has policies which prohibit those who are not willing to subscribe to the BSA's Declaration of Religious Principle, which is usually interpreted as banning atheists, and, until January 2014, prohibited all 'known or avowed homosexuals', from membership in its Scouting program.
Controversies about who gets to be a member of the Boy Scouts of America
