The audacity and the nerve of the Boy Scout leadership is unrivaled.

I am glad that there are public officials who will not only be open and honest about their orientation, but that would also tell the scouts to &6%# off.

I don’t know much about him but Congressman Barney Frank should be hailed for this particular act.
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Scouts Seek Help From Gay Congressman Frank
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

(Boston, Massachusetts) Congressman
Barney Frank has expressed surprise over a letter from the Boy Scouts of America seeking his help.

The letter outlines a new scouting initiative called Good Turn America and touts the BSA's history of teaching "its 3 million youth members important lessons about leadership, character, and service."

"We would be honored if you would lend your support to this important effort. Together, we will continue to positively influence the lives of young people throughout the nation."

The letter was signed by Roy L. Williams, Chief Scout Executive.
In a reply made public today by Frank's congressional office in Boston, the Democratic congressman told Williams that he found the letter "hypocritical".

"Where there is much about what the Boy Scouts do that I admire and I am a former Scout myself, I was under the impression that you considered people like myself to be unworthy of association with the Boy Scouts," Frank's letter states.

"I am a gay man, which according to your policy as I read it in various court decisions, means that I am neither 'morally straight' nor 'clean.'"
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