Scott Walker: The Boy Scouts' Ban On Gay Troop Leaders ‘Protected Children’ [View all]

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Presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said on Tuesday that the longstanding ban on gay troop leaders by the Boy Scouts of America had “protected children.”

The Boy Scouts decided on Monday to end that ban, and Walker, an Eagle Scout, responded with a statement to the Independent Journal Review.

From Walker's statement:

I have had a lifelong commitment to the Scouts and support the previous membership policy because it protected children and advanced Scout values

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Walker has referred to his service as an Eagle Scout in campaign speeches. In March, he even suggested to an audience at the Chamber of Commerce in Phoenix that this experience had prepared him to be commander-in-chief. Walker’s wife, Tonette, also served as a den mother for the organization.

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