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Geoffrey McGrath, center, a gay Boy Scout troop leader and Eagle Scout from Seattle, who had his membership in the Scouts revoked by the organization earlier this year, hands Amazon.com security worker Matt Oien, right, a box, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at Amazon headquarters in Seattle that was one of four containing signatures and comments on a petition to Amazon.com urging the company to stop donating money to the Boy Scouts due to the organization's policy of excluding openly gay adults from leadership positions, despite recently accepting gay youth as scouts. The petition was started by Pascal Tessier, 17, left, a gay Eagle Scout from Kensington, Md. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gay Eagle Scout asks Amazon.com to stop donations

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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 1, 2014, file photo, Geoff McGrath displays a vintage Boy Scout Handbook given him as a gift by one of the boys in the Seattle troop he led in Bellevue, Wash. The Boys Scouts of America has revoked the charter of a Seattle church because it allowed a gay adult to continue leading a troop. A Boys Scouts of America attorney told Rainier Beach United Methodist Church last week that it could no longer hosts troops under the Boys Scout name. McGrath, who earned the rank of Eagle Scout, has been leading Seattle Troop 98 since its application was approved last fall. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Boy Scouts ban church that let gay man lead troop

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 10, 2014, fie photo Pascal Tessier, left, a gay Boy Scout, receives his Eagle Scout badge from Troop 52 Scoutmaster Don Beckham, right, in Chevy Chase, Md., to become one of the first openly gay Scouts to reach scouting's highest rank. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Boy Scouts fires openly gay scoutmaster in Seattle

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Geoff McGrath holds his Boy Scout scoutmaster uniform shirt for the Seattle troop he led, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Bellevue, Wash. The Boys Scouts of America has removed McGrath, an openly gay troop leader, after saying he made an issue out of his sexual orientation. The BSA told McGrath in a letter Monday that “it has no choice but to revoke your registration” after he told news media he was gay in connection with a news story. McGrath, who earned the rank of Eagle Scout, has been leading Seattle Troop 98 since its application was approved last fall. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Boy Scouts removes gay troop leader in Seattle

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press