Boy Scouts serve as extraordinary ministers of holy Communion during a Catholic Scouting recognition Mass in 2010 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, N.Y. The Boy Scouts of America voted May 23 to lift a ban on accepting openly gay Scouts as members, capping weeks of intense lobbying on both sides of the issue, the group said in a statement. (CNS photo/Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier)
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