Director Steven Spielberg has resigned from an advisory board of the Boy Scouts of America because he no longer wants to be associated with the group's "discriminatory" practices.

In a statement released on Monday, the Oscar-winning film-maker did not give details of the discrimination in question.

However, the Boy Scouts of America has been widely criticised in the US for its policy of barring homosexuals.



The last few years have deeply saddened me to see the Boy Scouts of America actively and publicly participating in discrimination

Steven Spielberg