5/2/13 - A Brighton woman who was fired from a Boy Scout camp after disclosing her sexual preference is continuing her fight and calling on the national organization to stop discriminating against gay scouts, adults, and volunteers. 19-year-old Lauren Jasenak was fired from the D-bar-A Boy Scout Ranch last summer after the camp director learned she was a lesbian. That was one day after the national organization re-affirmed its policy banning gay youth and leaders. Jasenak tells WHMI sheâs outraged the policy is still around but says sheâs been getting a lot of positive feedback from family and friends as well as supportive emails from others sheâs never met before. Jasenak had confided her sexual orientation to a Camp Commissioner and was told a few days later to go to the camp office, where she was forced to sign a document stating that she was being terminated as a result of her sexual status. Jasenak maintains she was made to leave immediately afterward, despite having no car and being two hours away from home. She was raised in a scouting family and has been involved with the organization for most of her life, and says no one deserves to be treated as she was and is asking that the community support her online petition asking the national organization to end its anti-gay policy and adopt a full non-discrimination policy. A link is posted below. (JM)
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