Obama: Boy Scouts Should Allow Gay Members

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Note from GLAAD

GLAAD has led the work to urge the Boy Scouts to end their discriminatory policy on gay scouts and volunteers. For more information visit http://www.glaad.org/scouts/tellbsa

Daryl Hannah, Director of Media and Community Partnerships

In his first public comment since the Boy Scouts of America announced that it would consider a proposal to allow gay members, President Obama -- who, like every president, is the honorary president of the group -- weighed in on Sunday, encouraging the group to be inclusive, the Huffington Post reports