Pascal Tessier receives his Eagle scout badge at his weekly troop meeting, at the All Saints Church in Chevy Chase. Tessier will be one of the first openly gay Eagle scouts. In the past he would have been asked to leave or be booted from scouting, but BSA ruled that it would accept gay scouts but not gay scout leaders. By Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images. Update from a reader:
Great to see you featured Pascal Tessier receiving his Eagle scout badge. I sat on his Eagle Scout Board of Review, and he’s a remarkable young man. He helped change policy in a huge organization, and moved history along a little in so doing. Our two oldest boys also made Eagle Scout the same night – there were 7 candidates from the region. Very proud of them all.
