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Reports:Boy Scouts To Allow Gay Scouts, Leaders

By Sam Wood, PHILLY.COM

Reports:Boy Scouts To Allow Gay Scouts, Leaders

January 28, 2013 Updated Jan 28, 2013 at 1:51 PM PDT

(Philly.Com)

The Boy Scouts are "discussing potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation," Deron Smith, director of public relations for the Boy Scouts of America, told CNN.

A report on NBCNews.com, which quoted unnamed scouting officials, said that if the national board of directors drops the ban, local scout councils will be free to determine if they will admit gay scouts.

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