A gay teen from Arizona is calling foul after the Boy Scouts of America officials won’t hire him this summer after he worked at the organization’s summer camp last year, NBC News reports.
Garrett Bryant, 19, says he came out as gay on Facebook recently and even though he intended to keep his sexuality private, the BSA won’t hire him back at the group’s Camp Geronimo, about 90 miles northeast of Phoenix, because of the organization’s policy that bars gay adults.
Bryant said he thought the post would be vague enough so he would not to get into trouble: After meeting his first boyfriend, the teen simply changed his status to "in a relationship," but a number of friends, who are not members of the BSA, left several congratulatory comments.
One comment read: "Oh, good for you,, man, what’s his name?"
A week after the post, Bryant, who claims he was poised to be rehired for the second summer in a row, said his fears came true when a camp leader told him he could no longer work at the site because of his Facebook posting references homosexuality. Full story here via Edge New England!
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