“To that end, I am interested in removing all evidence that I was ever a Scout.” Robert Wise of Chicago wrote to Scout headquarters in Texas. “I can no longer maintain any connection to an organization which actively promotes such a bigoted and misguided policy,” Dr. Yet each is parting with his medal out of dismay over the Boy Scouts’ recently reaffirmed policy of excluding gays. NEW YORK - For the physician in Illinois, the attorney in Kentucky and the arts editor in Oregon, their Eagle Scout medals were treasured reminders of youthful achievement.
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