Boy Scouts Board Member Quits To Protest Group’s Anti-Gay Policy

A Board Member of the Ohio River Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America has resigned to protest the Council’s firing of Jen Tyrrell, a den leader who was asked to leave the organization because she is gay. “I understand that this action was taken as a result of a standing policy of the Boy Scouts of America and that said action is legal,” David J. Sims, writes in his letter. “However, Ms. Tyrrell’s removal goes against my fundamental beliefs of how we should treat our fellow human beings and is, in my opinion, wholly discriminatory.” Meanwhile, more than 259,000 people have signed a Change.org petition asking the organization to reinstate Tyrrell.