The Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts has announced that it hired a gay Eagle Scout to work as a camp counselor this summer. The move goes against the national Boy Scouts of America policy that openly gay adults are not allowed to serve as leaders.
Ricky Mason, a board member for the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts, speaks with Here & Now’s Robin Young about the group’s decision to hire 18-year-old Pascal Tessier.
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- Richard (Ricky) Mason, board member for the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts.
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