article_snippet.sent: The Boy Scouts' didn't immediately respond to an inquiry about the hire.
article_snippet.sent: the 105-year-old organization changed the 105-year-old organization policy in 2013 to allow openly gay kids as scouts, but not adults as leaders, after a bitter debate over the 105-year-old organization membership policy.
article_snippet.sent: This is a watershed moment,' Zach Wahls, executive director of The Boy Scouts' for Equality, said in a statement. '
article_snippet.sent: We are proud to see such an important Boy Scout council standing up for the full inclusion of gay members.'
article_snippet.sent: When The Boy Scouts' began allowing gay boys as scouts, liberal Scout leaders and gay rights groups celebrated the shift but called for allowing gay adults to participate, too.
article_snippet.sent: Conservatives involved with The Boy Scouts', including some churches that sponsor troops, decried letting any gays — including kids — participate, and some threatened to defect if the ban were lifted.
article_snippet.sent: The Boy Scouts' has said The Boy Scouts' doesn't "proactively inquire" about members' sexual orientation — in effect, a form of 'don't ask, don't tell.'
article_snippet.sent: the New York councils' says the New York councils' has never denied membership to a youth or adult based on sexual orientation, and the New York councils' didn't want the New York councils' policy to be affected by the national group's stance.
article_snippet.sent: the New York councils' serve over the Scouts'.