[yendu bwam]

He was an exemplary Scout who happened to be gay. He was not trying to "snuggle up to young boys" -- he simply felt it was wrong for him to be ousted from an organization that he loved because of who he was. He earned those badges and was tehn told he was unworthy of them.

He was NOT told that he was unworthy of the badges he earned. He was told that he was an inappropriate role model for young teenage boys. And on sexual attraction issues, many homosexual men are highly sexually attracted to teenage boys, and many cannot (or do not want to) control those attractions.