Scouts' dishonor.(discrimination of gays in the Boy Scouts of America)

From: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine) | Date: July 8, 1997| Author: Friess, Steve | Copyright information

The Boy Scouts of America has emphasized its right to keep its membership free from gays to adhere with its moral standards. Legal issues were raised when the organization dismissed scout leader Chuck Merino when he went public about his homosexuality.

When the Boy Scouts of America found out in 1992 that police officer and scout leader Chuck Merino was gay, it kicked him out--but not right away. Instead, it waited three months while Merino ran a summer academy for 300 boys inte...

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