On Thursday, the Boy Scouts’ Greater New York Councils announced another pivotal moment: It hired [18-year-old Pascal] Tessier as a summer camp leader — in direct defiance of the national organization’s rules.The Boy Scouts of America has said it does not “proactively inquire” about its members’s sexual orientation so, by that logic, gay adult leaders and employees could take part as long as they keep their lives private — a system akin to the U.S. military’s old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Tessier has been advised by fabled lawyer David Boies, who helped spearhead the U.S. Supreme Court case against California’s anti-gay marriage law. Boies told the Associated Press the new move could lead to a lawsuit between the Boy Scouts of America and its New York chapter.
Excerpted from the April 3, 2015, Washington Compost article, "Boy Scouts in New York hire openly gay Eagle Scout in spite of national rules."
Well. who could have seen this coming two years ago?!?
