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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

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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Pascal Tessier, left, a gay Boy Scout, receives his Eagle Scout badge from Troop 52 Scoutmaster Don Beckham, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Chevy Chase, Md. Tessier, of Maryland, has become one of the first openly gay scouts to reach the highest rank of Eagle, following a policy change to allow gay youth in the Boy Scouts of America. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Gay teen achieves Eagle Scout milestone in Md.

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press