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Watch: Ellen DeGeneres on The Boy Scouts' Gay Ban, Neckerchiefs and Green Short Shorts

Watch: Ellen DeGeneres on The Boy Scouts' Gay Ban, Neckerchiefs and Green Short Shorts

No one can mix politics with humor quite like Ellen DeGeneres can. In the opening monologue for her show Ellen addresses The Boys Scouts’ ban on gay members pointing out that she realizes how difficult it would be for the organization. “I realize this is a big decision for the Boy Scouts because, if the Boy Scouts start treating gays equally they’re going to become the first group to do it – after the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, the Coast Guard, all of the United Kingdom and Cher,” Ellen quips

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No one can mix politics with humor quite like Ellen DeGeneres can. In the opening monologue for her show Ellen addresses The Boys Scouts’ ban on gay members pointing out that she realizes how difficult it would be for the organization. “I realize this is a big decision for the Boy Scouts because, if the Boy Scouts start treating gays equally they’re going to become the first group to do it – after the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, the Coast Guard, all of the United Kingdom and Cher,” Ellen quips

Of course Boy Scouts’ fashion does not go unnoticed in Ellen’s monologue.

“They won’t let their members be gay, well, openly gay anyway, but they’re letting them wear neckerchiefs and green short shorts.”

Ellen, who admits she was a Girl Scout for about a day, goes on to say that her brother was a Boy Scout who learned invaluable lessons like how to tie knots, adding that she was once tied to a water heater for three weeks. “It was a good knot,” she adds.

Watch Ellen deconstruct the Boy Scouts’ ban below: 

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Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.