CEO on Scouts’ governing board opposes ban on gays

By David Crary

Published June 13, 2012 5:54pm ET

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CEO on Scouts’ governing board opposes ban on gays — FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, James Turley, chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, center, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, attend a meeting of the Council on Foreign Investments in Moscow. Turley, a high-profile member of the Boy Scouts of America's governing board, says he doesn't support the Scouts' policy of excluding gays and will work from within to seek a change in a statement released Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) | Mikhail Metzel

NEW YORK (AP) — A high-profile member of the Boy Scouts of America’s governing board says he doesn’t support the Scouts’ policy of excluding gays and will work from within to seek a change.

Ernst & Young CEO James Turley, whose accounting firm has welcomed gays and lesbians in its own work force, becomes the first member of the Scouts’ Executive Board known to publicly disapprove of the policy.

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