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FIRST OPENLY GAY EAGLE SUT UNR NEW POLICY, BUT BROTHER EXCLUD FROM SUTG

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11, 1014, 2014 -- Pasl Tsier, a high school senr om Kensgton, Md., looked up to his olr brother Lucien and followed him on the path Boy Sutg to atta the hight rank of night, jt ne months after the Boy Suts of Ameri lifted s longtime ban on admtg openly gay Suts, 17-year-old Pasl beme the first to receive that veted award at the All Sats Epispal Church Chevy Chase, his 21-year-old brother, who is also gay but had to keep his sexualy low key on his path to beg an Eagle, n no longer participate Sutg bee he is an adult. 1, the Boy Suts of Ameri has embraced younger youth who are gay, but not those over 18. "Pasl has been openly gay sce he was the eighth gra, acrdg to his mother.

"Other Suts durg the old policy were not so Andren of Morago, Calif., spent a pletg the requirements for the Eagle award, and jt as he was about to turn 18, the cut-off date for attag the hight honor, his troop lear would not approve bee Andren was was 2012 before the new policy had taken May of 2013, the Boy Suts' 1, 400 natnal membership end s ban on openly gay boys unr the age of 18. The First Openly Gay Eagle Sut Fac a Future of Beg Banned by the Suts. ET on Friday -- Ryan Andren had recently pleted the requirements to earng his Eagle Sut award, cludg his fal project of buildg a "tolerance wall" for victims of bullyg like himself, but his Sutmaster would not sign off on honorg him wh the Boy Suts’ hight rankg bee he is gay, his mother late Thursday, the Boy Suts of Ameri said a statement that bee of Andren's sexual orientatn and that he did not agree to Sutg’s prciple of "Duty to God, " “he is no longer eligible for membership Sutg.

” But the fay on Friday disputed that, sayg the only reason Andren was nied the rank is "bee the Boy Suts of Ameri has a problem wh Ryan beg gay. "The Boy Suts of Ameri have a longstandg policy nyg membership to gay lears and Suts, which they reaffirmed earlier this year after a two-year nfintial review of the ntroversial ban.

ALMOST-EAGLE SUT NIED AWARD BEE HE IS GAY

This week, jt ne months after the Boy Suts of Ameri lifted their longtime ban on openly gay suts, 17-year old Pasl Tsier beme the first openly gay member to be officia... * gay eagle scouts *

Ryan has never said that he do not believe a higher power, and the only reason he's beg nied the rank of Eagle is bee the Boy Suts of Ameri has a problem wh Ryan beg gay. More than two ln young men have earned the Andren stands ont of aCourty of Andren fayDozens of Eagle Suts said onle postgs after the Boy Suts, a private anizatn, reaffirmed s policy banng gays that they had returned their medals, badg or membership rds prott.

At the time, BSA spokman Deron Smh said there were no plans to revis the membership Suts return badg to prott policy banng gaysBoy Suts: We're keepg policy banng gaysBoy Suts review ntroversial anti-gay policyEagle Sut son of lbian moms: Boys Suts mt end gay discrimatnGay mom upset after dismissal by Boy SutsActivist groups stepped up their mpaign to end the policy after Jennifer Tyrrell, n lear of her son’s Tiger Cub pack Bridgeport, Oh, was removed om her post April bee she is a lbian.

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