Romney, Obama Both Disagree With Boy Scouts' Gay Leader Ban
Both major party presidential candidates President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said recently, through spokespersons, that they disagreed with the Boy Scouts of America's recent reaffirmation of its ban on homosexual leaders. Romney also supports the group's right to have such a ban.
Romney first expressed his view in a 1994 debate when he was running for the U.S. Senate.
"I support the right of the Boy Scouts of America to decide what it wants to do on that issue. I feel that all people should be able to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation," Romney said at the time.
In an email to The Associated Press Saturday, Andrea Saul, a spokesperson for the Romney campaign, said that Romney's position has not changed....
