Buckhead Gallery Curator Returns Eagle Scout Badges until Boy Scouts Lift Gay Ban
The business owner returned his Eagle Scout badges after 18 years in the Boy Scouts.
One Buckhead gallery curator has returned his hard-earned Eagle Scout badges to the Boy Scouts in a movement to get the organization to lift its ban of gay leaders and members. For the last 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America have banned gays from joining their ranks. On Feb. 6, the organization announced that it would delay until May its decision to either continue enforcing the ban or to admit gays, which has sparked both outrage and praise from parents and those involved with Scouts. Kenneth Hosley, the managing curator at Buckhead's Grey Parrot Gallery, told local news outlets he was kicked out of an Atlanta-area Boy Scout troop after he announced that he was gay. "To be wrenched away from something that I thought would be part of my …
Molly Read Woo
1:54 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Thank you, Kenneth Hosely, for your honesty and dedication for the greater good. I hope the board members of BSA can match your courage and compassion. If and when they do, I'll consider renewing my support for them. more ›