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Years. last month he said in an interview he thought he was the only openly gay scout leader in the nation. thats no longer true, however, because the boy scouts of america revoked his status as a scoutmaster telling him "if a volunteer makes an issue out of his or her sexual orientation to the youth we serve that volunteer is no longer eligible to be registered leader." the pastor at the church that sponsors boy scout troop 98 refused to dismiss him and the troop lost its charter entirely. join...

And so i, i think the boy scouts are finding themselves in a confounding, confusing issue. but we are clear at rainier beach and our methodist church. when we say we welcome all. all means all. you dont have to change yourself when you turn 18. >> let me ask you, as you well know, former defense secretary robert gates will become the new president of the boy scouts next month. he served under obama during a period when they tried to deal with dont ask dont tell. what would you look to say to him...

Ranier beach, the area of seattle. we are going to continue to look for creative ways in which to do that. >> yeah, and you have said earlier that this wasnt exactly a fight that anyone was looking for. that you thought mr. mcgrath was qualified. thats why you wanted him. >> thats exactly right. he is an eagle scout as you mentioned. he has a masters in social work. most importantly he has a passion and love for scouting and a passion and love for kids. you may not know, but we are, we are the m...

For. that you thought mr. mcgrath was qualified. thats why you wanted him. >> thats exactly right. he is an eagle scout as you mentioned. he has a masters in social work. most importantly he has a passion and love for scouting and a passion and love for kids. you may not know, but we are, we are the most diverse neighborhood in the united states. meaning we have immigrants, refugees, middle-class, kids, kids that need good adult male role models. and jeff had the passion for that. he got so much...

At the time justice rehnquist wrote, basically, public or -- that is legal code for, you can discriminate if it is super important to you but you cant do it if it is not part of yo p. the boy scouts claimed it was the now theyre in a hybrid argument. you can be in it but cant be a leader. do you think that can hold, stand? >> thats the confusing message, isnt it? to be able to say that, that a boy from 8 to 18, can be gay, and then at 18, he is to turn off the gay? you know, what does that mea...