Order DescriptionNote: This Module 2 SLP should be completed before the Module 2 Case.
Prepare an organized and supportive formal outline for the academic essay assigned for the Module 2 Case.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Prepare an outline for the essay assigned for the Module 2 Case
Case Assignment
Note: The Module 2 SLP should be completed before you begin this Module 2 Case.
After reading Marice Richter’s essay, “Boy Scouts of America Votes to End Century-old Ban on Gay Scouts,” write a well-organized and well-supported essay, in which you state whether you are for or against the Boys Scouts of America allowing gay scouts as members, and include three to five reasons to support your point of view.
A well-organized essay has a beginning, middle, and an end. The beginning, or introduction, should include an opening sentence to grab your reader’s attention. Follow the opening sentence with a brief background on the topic or situation. In this case, it would be a brief background on the issue Boy Scout of America faced. The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. The thesis states the main point of the essay, which in this case, would be a statement affirming your point of view as to whether or not the Boys Scouts of America should allow gay scouts as members.
A well-supported essay includes supporting points, details, and examples. For this essay, you must decide the best way to organize the body of the paper. Will you have a paragraph for each supporting reason? Will you divide the body of your paper into three paragraphs, one for each point? In any case, each body paragraph must support (explain) your reasoning (rationale) using specific details. Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence that states the main point of the paragraph.
The conclusion typically summarizes the main points of the essay and/or closes with a lasting impression that connects the reader to their world. Should the Boy Scouts of America amend the current decision?
Be sure to proofread your essay and edit for proper grammar, punctuation, diction (word choice), and spelling, as errors in sentence skills will lower a final grade. A grade will be determined based on the Module 2 Case expectations and the Trident University General Education rubric for English.
Papers must be double-spaced in Times or Times New Roman font (12 cpi) with standard one-inch margins.
The first person “I” is not used in a formal essay, nor is the passive “you.” In place of “you,” “one” may be used.
No secondary sources are to be used in the process of writing this first paper; it is to be entirely written based on one’s point of view and supported with body points and details.
Assignment Expectations
• Write an essay (no less than four pages in length) that states an original thesis statement on the Boys Scouts of America allowing gay scouts as members.
• Include an introductory paragraph with thesis statement.
• Include body paragraphs (each with a topic sentence that states the point of the paragraph) that support the thesis through examples and details.
• Include a conclusion that summarizes the main points of the essay and/or leaves the reader with a lasting impression on the issue.
• Proofread your essay for errors in grammar, diction (word choice), punctuation, and spelling.
Article:

The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.
More than 60 percent of the group’s National Council, comprised of some 1,400 delegates, voted in favor of ending the ban, effective January 1, 2014, the group said in a statement. A prohibition on openly gay adult leaders remains in place.
The decision followed weeks of intense lobbying by gay rights activists and members of conservative organizations, many of them church groups that have traditionally formed the backbone of one of the nation’s largest youth organizations

I’m a happy camper,” said Mike Harrison, 71, a former chairman of California’s Orange County Boy Scout Council who voted to end the ban at a meeting of the National Council in Grapevine, Texas.
“The process was a very civil debate… There wasn’t any uncivilized behavior. People stated their case, passionately and from many different angles,” he said, adding that by Thursday it had become clear that “the younger generation of scouting just don’t see it the way the old guard did.”
The Boy Scouts’ long-standing ban on gay scouts had become a polarizing issue at the center of the debate on gay rights in the United States, where gay soldiers may now serve openly in the military and where gay couples can wed in a number of states.
For months, the Boy Scouts have been caught between two sides in an emotionally charged debate that has seen both supporters and opponents of lifting the ban threaten to withdraw support.
The Boy Scouts has faced heavy pressure on one side from gay rights supporters and some of the major corporate sponsors who provide much of the group’s annual funding, and on the other by a variety of major national church groups, who sponsor and support the large majority of troops nationwide.
“I just resigned from my troop,” said Chris Collier, 41, a former troop leader in Alabama and Florida who said he would send his Eagle Scout award back to the organization’s national office.
“My grandfather earned his eagle award in 1938. I earned mine in 1990. I was hoping my son could earn his when he grew up. I’m sad, but this is their cross to bear. I’m no longer part of the organization. I’ll move in a different direction.”
John Stemberger, an Orlando lawyer, Eagle Scout, former scoutmaster and founder of an organization that opposes lifting the ban said the decision marked “a sad day for America.”
He said he would be never again wear the Boy Scout uniform and would work to create a new scouting organization “based on timeless values.”
Thursday’s vote came about three months after the organization’s leadership delayed a decision on changing its membership policy to research attitudes toward admitting gays.
FAITH-BASED GROUPS
About 70 percent of the group’s 100,000 Boy Scout units are chartered by faith-based organizations, according to Boy Scouts membership data. Some 22 percent of the units nationwide are chartered by civic organizations, and 7 percent are chartered by educational groups.
One of the major turning points in the debate came earlier this year when the Mormon church – the largest sponsor of scouting troops nationwide – expressed support for ending the ban. The Mormon church charters nearly 38,000 scout troops representing nearly a quarter million scouts.
The next largest faith-based sponsor is the United Methodist Church, which charters about 11,000 troops representing about 363,000 scouts. They, too, issued a statement supporting an end to the ban. The Catholic church, which sponsors about 8,400 troops, has taken no official position on the controversy.
While national polls show a growing acceptance of gay rights, an online survey of about