( CNN ) -- Trail Life USA , the group that was launched after the Boys Scouts voted to allow gay members , held its inaugural convention over the weekend in Nashville . More than 1,000 people attended , including former Arkansas Gov . Mike Huckabee . The group , which will officially launch in 2014 , says it expects to become a `` premier '' Christian organization for boys and young men . At the weekend event , which reporters were not allowed to attend , the group unveiled its name and logo . The logo includes the words adventure , character and leadership . `` Trail Life USA will be inclusive of boys , regardless of religion , race , national origin or socioeconomic status , and accept boys who are experiencing same-sex attractions or gender confusion , '' a statement from the group says . `` However , it will not admit youth who are open or avowed about their homosexuality , and it will not admit boys who are not 'biologically male ' or boys who wish to dress and act like girls . '' Boy Scout vote . In May , more than 60 % of 1,400-member national council of the BSA voted to allow openly gay youths to join scouting . The change takes effect January 1 . The BSA , however , will maintain its ban on gay adult leaders . The National Jewish Committee on Scouting , the United Church of Christ , the Episcopal Church , the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , which sponsors more Scout units than any other faith , all endorsed the change . Faith-based organizations charter more than 70 % of Scout chapters , providing meeting space and leadership , according to the BSA . `` There have been some organizations that have decided not to renew their charters with Scouting , '' BSA spokesman Deron Smith said in May . `` But we ca n't quantify the impact of the amended policy . '' Not anti-BSA . Despite its Genesis , Trail Life USA says it 's not `` anti-BSA , '' nor its name is meant to be `` political or controversial . '' The theme of the weekend conference was : `` Honoring the Legacy , Raising the Standard . '' Yet , the group is clear on the stand it 's taking . `` Our whole life is about the trail , both in the outdoors and in the journey of life as believers , '' said John Stemberger , chairman of the board for the organization , and also founder of On My Honor , a group that opposed the Scout 's change in policy . `` So Trail Life is a way of life that is centered on following Christ in the outdoors . ''
More than 100 attend group 's inaugural national convention . Group 's goal is to become a ` ` premier '' Christian organization for boys and young men . In May , the Boy Scouts of America voted to allow openly gay men to join scouting . The theme of the weekend conference was : ` ` ##ing the Legacy , and the Standard . ''