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Former possible presidential candidate
Al Gore
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  • In 2000, when Al Gore was asked what he thought of the court ruling that allowed the Boy Scouts to exclude gay members, he responded, "I think it depends upon the question of whether it is a public organization or sufficiently intertwined with public activities to justify it. I respect the Boy Scouts but I disagree with discrimination against gays and lesbians. I just think the time has come to end that discrimination. Now it's different depending on whether it's a private organization or public organization." In the same interview, he also said, "I oppose discrimination, and I hope that we can get to a day when there is not discrimination either in public organizations or in private organizations. I will give deference to the opinion of the court pending my review of it."[1]

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