{"id":6277,"date":"2012-11-16T18:48:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T18:48:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-11-16T18:48:41","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T18:48:41","slug":"ca-sen-boxer-lt-gov-newsom-and-32-state-legislators-rally-behind-gay-scout-denied-eagle-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/11\/ca-sen-boxer-lt-gov-newsom-and-32-state-legislators-rally-behind-gay-scout-denied-eagle-award\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Sen. Boxer, Lt. Gov. Newsom, and 32 state legislators rally behind gay Scout denied Eagle Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/boy-scouts-don-t-let-your-anti-gay-policy-deny-my-son-his-eagle-award\" target=\"_blank\">campaign in support of Ryan Andresen<\/a>, a gay Boy Scout who was kicked out of his local troop and denied his Eagle Scout Award because of his sexual orientation, has gained significant momentum with several high-profile political leaders speaking out in support of Ryan and his effort to achieve the Boy Scouts\u2019 highest rank.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s mother, Karen Andresen, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/boy-scouts-don-t-let-your-anti-gay-policy-deny-my-son-his-eagle-award\" target=\"_blank\">petition on Change.org<\/a> has attracted more than 400,000 signatures urging the Boy Scouts not to deny Ryan his Eagle Award, has recently received the public support of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, California Lt. 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I admire your courage to stand up for who you are, as well as the bravery you have demonstrated in the face of intolerance.<\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><cite>Article adapted by ProudParenting.com from original press release<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/node\/17155\" data-num-posts=\"2\" data-width=\"470\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The campaign in support of Ryan Andresen, a gay Boy Scout who was kicked out of his local troop and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,64],"tags":[697,54,13582,640],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CA Sen. 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