( CNN ) -- Jennifer Tyrrell , an Ohio den leader dismissed by her local Boy Scout troop for being a lesbian , said she 's disappointed her 7-year-old son is no longer participating in the Scouts . `` He 's no longer a Boy Scout , '' Tyrrell said Wednesday of removing her son , Cruz , from the group . `` And we 're sad about that , but we ca n't support an organization that does n't support our family . '' Tyrrell is now engaged in a campaign with Change.org , a left-leaning political group , to raise awareness of the policy of the Boy Scouts of America , garnering 140,000 signatures and saying that she ultimately wants the national organization to reverse its position . `` This is n't about my sexuality ; this is n't about anybody 's sexuality , '' Tyrrell said . `` It 's about teaching children to be better adults , and we are n't doing that by teaching them to hate or discriminate . '' LZ Granderson : Boy Scouts feel a mother 's wrath . A 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision found that a New Jersey law requiring the national organization to readmit an openly gay Scout Master infringed the organization 's First Amendment right of expressive association and that it had a constitutional right to oppose homosexuality in its ranks . `` Forcing a group to accept certain members may impair the ability of the group to express those views , and only those views , that it intends to express , '' then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote at the time . He added that the decision was not meant to approve or condemn the Scouts ' view on homosexuality . The Boy Scouts of America said in a statement that its `` membership standards are founded on the values , expectations and beliefs of those we serve . '' `` We recognize that there will be a range of views on this topic , and Scouting 's policy is not meant as a social commentary outside of our program , '' Boy Scouts of America spokesman Deron Smith said . The Girl Scouts of America has a decades-old policy of nondiscrimination .
The Girl Scouts of America was dismissed by her Boy Scout troop for being a lesbian . Change.org is now engaged in a campaign with the Change.org . U.S. Supreme Court overturned Ohio law requiring troop readmit gay Scout master . Jennifer Tyrrell has a Wednesday -old policy of nondiscrimination .