scouting and to have popular culture impact 100 years of their standards is inappropriate. but this isn t about a fad or popular culture. scouting membership has dropped 21% since the supreme court upheld the gay ban in 2000. adult membership is down 14%. and there are almost 13% fewer scouting units nationwide. boy scout sponsors know we re a center-left nation. people like santorum and perry pretty much by the numbers are out of step. let s turn to michael rogers, gay activist and managing director of rawstory.com. mike, good to have you with us tonight. thanks, ed. good evening. the president weighing in on this, does this change anything? well, i think as we saw across the country when the president put out his opinion on marriage that people pay attention. he is able to use the bully pulpit to help educate americans. i ve already heard from people
scouting and to have popular culture impact 100 years of their standards is inappropriate. but this isn t about a fad or popular culture. scouting membership has dropped 21% since the supreme court upheld the gay ban in 2000. adult membership is down 14%. and there are almost 13% fewer scouting units nationwide. boy scout sponsors know we re a center-left nation. people like santorum and perry pretty much by the numbers are out of step. let s turn to michael rogers, gay activist and managing director of rawstory.com. mike, good to have you with us tonight. thanks, ed. good evening. the president weighing in on this, does this change anything? well, i think as we saw across the country when the president put out his opinion on marriage that people pay attention. he is able to use the bully pulpit to help educate americans. i ve already heard from people today who were not even aware of
what has worked very well for scouting and to have popular culture impact 100 years of their standards is inappropriate. but this isn t about a fad or popular culture. scouting membership has dropped 21% since the supreme court upheld the gay ban in 2000. adult membership is down 14%. and there are almost 13% fewer scouting units nationwide. boy scout sponsors know we re a center-left nation. people like santorum and perry pretty much by the numbers are out of step. let s turn to michael rogers, gay activist and managing director of rawstory.com. mike, good to have you with us tonight. thanks, ed. good evening. the president weighing in on this, does this change anything? well, i think as we saw across the country when the president put out his opinion on marriage that people pay attention. he is able to use the bully pulpit to help educate americans.