Perry: Boy Scouts should keep no-gay policy

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • Boy Scouts recite the Scout Oath on Saturday during the annual Boy Scouts Parade and Report to State in the House Chambers at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Gov. Rick Perry said emphatically Saturday that the Boy Scouts of America shouldn’t soften its strict no-gays memb...

AUSTIN—Texas Gov. Rick Perry said emphatically Saturday that the Boy Scouts of America shouldn’t soften its strict no-gays membership policy, and dismissed the idea of bending the organization to the whims of “popular culture.”

Perry is an Eagle Scout and in 20...

Published: 02/03/2013