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FILE- In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Boy Scout Pascal Tessier, 16, center left, and his brother Lucien Tessier, 20, who had earned the rank of Eagle Scout, pose for a portrait with their parents, Oliver Tessier, left, and Tracie Felker, at their home in Kensington, Md. On Thursday, April 2, 2015, the Boy Scouts’ New York chapter announced it hired Pascal Tessier as the nation’s first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader in public contrast to the national scouting organization’s ban on openly gay adult members. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

NY Boy Scouts hire gay Eagle Scout despite national policy

By JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Boy Scouts salute as they recite the pledge of allegiance during the “Save Our Scouts” prayer vigil and rally against allowing gays in the organization in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Dallas on Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

N.Y. Boy Scouts hire gay Eagle Scout despite national policy

By Jennifer Peltz and David Crary - Associated Press