The Boy Scouts' Mixed Message on Gay Rights
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Don't give the Boy Scouts of America that merit badge just yet.
After years of backlash about its discriminatory policy, the organization said Monday it is finally considering eliminating a ban on gay Scouts and Scout leaders. This is the same group that 13 years ago went to the Supreme Court -- and won -- to defend its right to refuse gay members, and that reaffirmed its policy less than a year ago.