The Scouts' Oath
SCOUTS HONOR
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"A brilliant and personal account in the sociology of a modern-day civil rights movement, this film offers lessons that few textbooks could ever inspire."

Estelle Freedman
Professor of History
Stanford University

"Depicts the bravery of ordinary Americans in the face of obvious and disheartening discrimination. This film moves and educates, informs and incites: it should be required viewing for all incoming university students!"

Professor Suzanna Danuta Walters
Director, Women's Studies, Georgetown University
Author, ALL THE RAGE

"No one, gay or straight, can understand the moral and legal issues raised by the Boy Scouts' exclusion of gay people without viewing SCOUT'S HONOR. This is one of the most moving and intelligent documentaries I have ever seen."

Bill Eskridge
Deputy Dean and John A. Garver
Professor of Jurisprudence
Yale Law School

"It's not an easy thing to be a heterosexual male
standing up for gays, especially at such a young age. As the film illustrates, people automatically assume you must be gay if you're fighting for gay rights. I admire people who take on issues that are not necessarily their own."

Alycia Nicholas
Undergraduate Student
University of Colorado

"SCOUT'S HONOR offers a vital and dramatic illustration of democracy at the grassroots level. This film should be a regular feature of courses in sociology, politics, and American studies."
Larry Gross

The Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania

"The faces behind SCOUT'S HONOR will strike a chord in every locale and provide enlightening commentary on the growth and future of gay/straight alliances across America."

Kevin Jennings
Executive Director
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network

"Meticulously researched and sensitively presented, SCOUT'S HONOR provides historical tracking of how civil rights and social justice issues have moved from the margins to the mainstream. Here viewers see how courts, media, political and social institutions continue to grapple with various perspectives on who can and should be a Boy Scout in contemporary America."

Marguerite J. Moritz, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
University of Colorado