But the group would still exclude gays as adult leaders.
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.
The Scouts announced today that it would submit this proposal to the roughly 1,400 voting members of its National Council at a meeting in Texas the week of May 20. It was announced back in February that the executive board would prepare a resolution to be voted on by the 1,400 voting members of the national council.
Earlier, the BSA had indicated it might give local Scout units the option of admitting gays as both youth members and adult leaders, or continuing to exclude them
The BSA said it changed course due in part to results of surveys sent out this year to members of the scouting community.
Gay-rights groups have demanded a complete lifting of the ban. Some churches and conservative groups want it maintained.