Jay Mechling

University of California, Davis

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Author of On My Honor: Boy Scouts and the Making of American Youth, and Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of California, Davis

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The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Boy Scouts of America is a private group with the right to prohibit gay members. That was 13 years ago.

Gay Scouts and Straight Leaders

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Boy Scouts of America is a private group with the right to prohibit gay members. That was 13 years ago.

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