Eagle badges and medals are being sent back to the Boy Scouts of America to protest its reaffirmation of its policy to not grant membership to open gays, according to a boston.com article.
According to a national blog chronicling the protests, about 150 Eagle Scouts have mailed back their awards as of Sunday.
The Boy Scouts of America have confirmed that medals and badges have been returned, according to the boston.com piece.
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