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scott42611 year, 8 months ago

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Thanks for posting this, David.
My dad devoted his life to the Boy Scouts of America. It was an organization he believed in. Back in the '80s, I challenged his thinking on gays and the Boy Scouts because I came out as a gay man. And I am an Eagle Scout and the fact that I am gay prompted him to do a lot of soul-searching. Since then, my dad and I became close and he grew to accept that I am a gay man. I would say that my sexuality became a non-issue.
Dad died on February 6th. I share this because I believe that my relationship and friendship with him opened his mind in a way that otherwise wouldn't have happened. I don't think we ever completely understood each other, but I knew he loved and accepted me unconditionally.

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