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In this Sunday, June 28, 2015 photo provided by Chris Zelis, Scouts For Equality - Chicago chapter members serve as the color guard for the Chicago Pride Parade. The lifting of the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay adult leaders prompted some gay Eagle Scouts to quickly rejoin the movement on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. (Chris Zelis via AP)

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In this Tuesday, July 28, 2015, photo, Eric Hetland (left) and Chris Zelis, who are with Scouts For Equality in Chicago, hold up their applications for assistant scoutmasters before submitting them in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park. Mr. Hetland, who works at a high school science academy, had been involved in scouting from age 5 to 22, when he came out as bisexual and was not asked back to a job at a Scout summer camp. (Eric Hetland via AP)

Bismarck bishop tells parishes to break ties with Boy Scouts

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