10 things you need to know today: July 28, 2015

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1. Boy Scouts board ends ban on gay leaders

The governing board of the Boy Scouts of America voted on Monday to end the group's blanket ban on gay leaders and employees. Seventy-nine percent of the national executive board supported the move, saying the policy "was no longer legally defensible." Churches that sponsor Scout troops still can exclude gay leaders for religious reasons. The Mormon Church said it was "deeply troubled" and that it was reevaluating its relationship with the Boy Scouts.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.