The Gay Boy Scouts Are Still Impossible

Reuters

What seems like progress from the top-down may reveal the problem with Boy Scouts from the inside-out: its first official coming out party is still a microcosm of discord on gay acceptance, especially in Christian America, no matter what polls say today or the Supreme Court declares in a few weeks. Here's a survey of the reaction so far.

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Editor at Large

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Debating Israel's tough policy

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Pressure from President Obama played a role

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By Max Fisher

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