By the numbers: Boy Scouts of America

POSTED: 10:47 AM PST Feb 06, 2013    UPDATED: 08:23 AM PDT May 24, 2013 

The Boy Scouts of America recently decided to allow openly gay youths to join scouting. Take a look at the numbers behind America's largest youth organization.

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The BSA was chartered by the US Congress in 1916. A few other youth programs have congressional charters, including the Girl Scouts of the USA and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

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