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The Longhorn Council, Boy Scouts of America is honored to host James G. Wetrich as its keynote speaker May 24 at their annual Weatherford Support Scouting Luncheon. The purpose of

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Appropriate in front of kids and to allow open gayness allowing sexually to be flaunted. inappropriate for kids. one of my sons understands home sex ulty and the other doesnt. i dont want it to be introduced by another boy instead of me as a parent. it injects sex into the veins of the boy scouts of america. >> poppy, both of my moms were in my scouting experience when i was a young kid in the tiger cub program. my mom, jackie, was the cub leader. they were present at meetings together. they did...

View. >> absolutely. and that was our greatest fear. speaking as an eagle scout myself, i spent more than 12 years in the program. i love scouting, it made me the man i am today, and taught me a lost incredible lifelong skills, gave me some of my best friends. i had some of my most important values. so this is an experience we want to be, you know -- accessible to all of americas young men. and the reality, if it they had maintained this ban on gay youth, they would have continued to move furthe...

>> absolutely. and that was our greatest fear. speaking as an eagle scout myself, i spent more than 12 years in the program. i love scouting, it made me the man i am today, and taught me a lost incredible lifelong skills, gave me some of my best friends. i had some of my most important values. so this is an experience we want to be, you know -- accessible to all of americas young men. and the reality, if it they had maintained this ban on gay youth, they would have continued to move further and ...

To be friendly, kind and discriminating against gay youth is none of those things. >> a u.s. editorial read," parents tend to deny you should not be denied the benefit of scouting. its not about adults. its about what is best for young people." what do you think? >> you know, we obviously are going to call for full inclusion for moms like mine but we do see that this step forward is absolutely important to getting to fuller quality and we are glad to be a leadership supporting a ban on youth but...

Openly gay youth, in california, who was denied his eagle award because he was an openly ga young man. jennifer terrell, a den mother from how from ohio. john cant change the reality. under the current membership standard, parents like my moms, loving, caring wise people who just want to be a part of their sons scouting experience, are being barred from the program. even under the new change, that would be the case. and it will continue to make sure that people who are young gay men who are in t...

Because we didnt get a straight no. >> thats the interesting part. theyve been pretty hard line about this. >> zach, your mothers are gay. >> thats right. >> and you joined this organization knowing that they would not let your mothers be involved, say, on the girl scouts side as a troop leader or something. >> i joined this program when i was 6 years old because i wanted to experience the great outdoors and all that stuff. my moms did get involved. it was a dont ask/dont tell policy and the lea...

To experience the great outdoors and all that stuff. my moms did get involved. it was a dont ask/dont tell policy and the leaders in iowa where i was growing up were willing to turn a blind eye. my mom, jackie, became a den mother, a mama grizzly, if you will and was a highly revered leader. so they were part of the scouting experience and i saw first hand theres no incongruence with scouting values in lgbt people. people who are trying to speak out about lifting this ban, its not about the boy ...

D.c. the boy scouts are celebrating 100 years of scouting is. it leads up to the annual jamboree which takes on special significance this year. we asked one of the scouts who came here to washington why this weekend is so important to him. for me and a few of my friends it is a culmination of our scouting experience. it is like we are thousands of scouts coming from all over the world to washington, d.c. for a big celebration. >> shannon: only four parades are permitted each year along the nat...