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Reaction Mixed to Boy Scouts' Lifting of Ban on Gay Leaders

The decision by the Boy Scouts of America to end its decades-long ban on gay Scout leaders is drawing a mixed reaction. One leader in the fight to overturn the prohibition on gay Scout leaders, Eric Hay of Scouts for Equality, praised Monday's decision as overdue. "Honestly, it is kind of a sigh of relief for me," Hay said. "I have been working on this for a few years with Scouts for Equality, and it is nice knowing whenever I do want to get back into Scouts, that I...

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