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Good tuesday morning. Im sunny hostin. And im rob nelson. Good morning, everybody. We begin with what could be a major change of heart from the boy scouts of america, now considering lifting its longstanding ban on gays. After generations of saying no to openlygay scouts and leaders, the organization may be ready to roll out the welcome mat. Heres abcs tahman bradley. Reporter its an american tradition of more than 100 years, the boy scouts of america. But its not been for everyone. That could soon change as the Iconic Institution considers a policy shift that would lift the ban on gay scout l...

Good morning, everybody. We begin with what could be a major change of heart from the boy scouts of america, now considering lifting its longstanding ban on gays. After generations of saying no to openlygay scouts and leaders, the organization may be ready to roll out the welcome mat. Heres abcs tahman bradley. Reporter its an american tradition of more than 100 years, the boy scouts of america. But its not been for everyone. That could soon change as the Iconic Institution considers a policy shift that would lift the ban on gay scout leaders and gay scouts themselves. Some troop leaders and s...

Clarksville NowContributedErnest Schmidt with Officer Craig Amabile of the Nashville Metro Police Department. CLARKSVILLE, TN – Clarksville’s own CSM Gary W. Crisp Post 289 came home this week from the annual Department of Tennessee American Legion Convention a winner. Post 289 is only 5 years old but she is growing. Selected for outstanding leadership and in appreciation for a job well done was Billie Zeveney for her duties of adjutant of the 6th District, where she oversaw the operations of 18 posts. And Ernest Schmidt for his leadership in directing the Department State Scouting and E...

Girls have their own eagle scout program. under the boy scout umbrella.th it will be a mixture. if you like your current cub scouts pack you can keep it the way it is. all boys. but they can immigrate some of them they would like to. >> okay it is still a historic change. i was the boy scouts, dan was a boy scout. there would be a big cultural change. what did they do this? >> i think there are two reasons. one is that a million people have left ondiscounts since the turn-of-the-century. 17 years, a million people have left. 33 percent. the girl oyscouts are getting h harder. but this is still...

Thing, there will be some mixing of the genders, that's how i read it. where are we in this with political correctness? >> i think political correctness might run up against reality, when it turns out girls aren't in as interested in learning how to whittle sticks as the boys are. the eagle scout program has been tailored specifically to young men. the girl scouts of america has programs that are largely outdoorsy but if this move is an attempt to push that pc idea and make everyone go to the same programs, people don't have the same fun when they are kids, they are interested in different thi...