Barney Frank declines Boy Scout request for tribute
Roy Williams, chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America, sent a letter to gay Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank requesting his written endorsement of a new program to support the Boy Scouts. In his letter Williams told Frank he "would be honored if you would lend your support" to the new Boy Scout initiative. Frank released a copy of the letter he sent in response, expressing his surprise that the organization had asked him to send them a letter of endorsement, noting that the Scouts characterize gay men as unfit to associate with, and declined to engage in an act of "hypocrisy" by signing the letters.
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