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After initially being rebuffed by security, ousted Boy Scout mom Jennifer Tyrrell, gay Eagle Scout Will Oliver, gay former Scoutmaster Greg Bourke, and Eric Andresen, father of a gay Scout denied his Eagle Award, were able to deliver the more than 1.4 million signatures gathered on behalf of ending the Boy Scouts’ ban on gay scouts and leaders.
Today, ousted Boy Scout mom Jennifer Tyrrell, gay Eagle Scout Will Oliver, gay former Scoutmaster Greg Bourke, and Eric Andresen, father of a gay Scout denied his Eagle Award convened at the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Dallas and delivered petitions with 1.4 million signatures calling for an end to the BSA’s ban on gay scouts and leaders.
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Bad news. Boy Scouts of America executives have killed approval of 18 year-old Ryan Andresen’s Eagle Scout application after an official Eagle Board of Review unanimously approved the application. Executives have also smeared Ryan’s name.
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BIG NEWS!
The Mount Diablo-Silverado Boy Scout Council in California approved gay scout Ryan Andresen’s Eagle badge application, despite the Boy Scouts of America’s national ban on gay scouts and leaders.
