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  • Gay senator wants Boy Scouts kept out of executive mansion

    02/11/2006 11:28:57 AM PST · by presidio9 · 97 replies · 2,072+ views
    A state senator wants the Boy Scouts kept out of the governor's mansion because of what he calls the anti-gay positions of the national scouting organization. State Senator Thomas Duane of Manhattan was invited by the Twin Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts to join them at the Albany mansion. The group is planning a reception Thursday on character-building programs. In a letter to Governor Pataki this week, Duane, who is openly gay, says the governor is sending a bad message by allowing "a discriminatory organization" to use state facilities. Pataki spokesman Kevin Quinn tells the Albany Times Union the...