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REFORM: MUST HAVE MORE HOMOSEXUAL BOY SCOUT LEADERS Is there a difference between a Jewish religious movement promoting tolerance towards homosexuals and the same movement persecuting the Boy Scouts for not doing the same?  HYPERLINK "http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010109/t000002309.html" Reform Movement Urges Split With Scouts The nation's Reform Jewish movement has called on Jewish families and synagogues to sever all ties with the Boy Scouts, the strongest reaction by a religious group to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Scouts to ban homosexuals from leadership posts. The group called the Scouts' policy "incompatible with our consistent belief that every individual--regardless of his or her sexual orientation--is created in the image of God and deserving of equal treatment." Since the court's 1999 decision, there has been a slow exodus of high-profile financial and community support. A spokesman said the Boy Scouts continues to enjoy "tremendous" support from other religious groups. (L.A. Times) THIS JUST IN...  HYPERLINK "http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/krakron/20010109/lo/akron_man_admits_he_raped_two_youths_1.html" Former Boy Scout leader admits he raped two youths A former Boy Scout leader who abducted a Goodyear Middle School student last fall admitted yesterday that he raped the boy and another child he befriended. On the morning of his jury trial, Donald Neff dropped his claims of innocence and pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and one count of kidnapping. Summit County Common Pleas Judge Brenda Burnham Unruh agreed with pretrial plea negotiations and sentenced Neff to 15 years in prison. (Akron Beacon Journal)