article_snippet.sent: The Boy Scouts' New York chapter said Thursday that The Boy Scouts' New York chapter has hired the nation's first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader, which is in public contrast to the national scouting organization's ban on openly gay adult members.
article_snippet.sent: The Boy Scouts' Greater New York Councils New York Councils said The Boy Scouts' Greater New York Councils hired Pascal Tessier, an 18-year-old Eagle Scout who has been a vocal advocate of opening the 105-year-old organization to gay scouts and leaders.
article_snippet.sent: Boy Scout Pascal Tessier, 18, center left, and his brother Lucien Tessier, 20, who had earned the rank of Eagle Scout, pose for a portrait with his brother Lucien Tessier, 20, who had earned the rank of Eagle Scout parents, Oliver Tessier, left, and Tracie Felker, at his brother Lucien Tessier, 20, who had earned the rank of Eagle Scout home.
article_snippet.sent: On Thursday The Boy Scouts' New York chapter announced The Boy Scouts' New York chapter hired Tessier as the nation's first openly gay Eagle Scout Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader . '
article_snippet.sent: Advocates for letting gays participate in scouting hailed Tessier hire. '
article_snippet.sent: Tessier's hiring is in contrast to the national scouting organizationís ban on openly gay adult members .
article_snippet.sent: But Tessier's hiring has expelled adults who were open about Tessier's hiring, including a gay troop leader in Seattle who was removed last year after he disclosed he orientation during a TV interview.
article_snippet.sent: Regardless, some local Boy Scout councils have let Tessier's hiring be known some local Boy Scout councils are open to gay employees, but the New York councils' move presents an unusually acute departure from the national policy.
article_snippet.sent: Tessier achieved scouting's highest rank last year after being one of the most prominent openly gay scouts speaking out to change the ban on gay participation.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Boy Scouts' Greater New York Councils said The Boy Scouts' Greater New York Councils hired Pascal Tessier, an 18-year-old Eagle Scout .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Tessier has been a vocal advocate of opening the 105-year-old organization to gay scouts and leaders .
  