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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. it's not about adults. it's 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 we want to help take this step as they continue to go forward and include all parents who want to...

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 can't 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 son's 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 the program know that the day you turn 18 years old, you are no longer fit to be a scout. that isn'...

Because we didn't get a straight no. >> that's the interesting part. they've been pretty hard line about this. >> zach, your mothers are gay. >> that's 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 don't ask/don't tell policy and the leaders in iowa where i was growing up were willing to turn a blind eye. my mom, jackie, became a...

To experience the great outdoors and all that stuff. my moms did get involved. it was a don't ask/don't 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 there's no incongruence with scouting values in lgbt people. people who are trying to speak out about lifting this ban, it's not about the boy scouts. it's about the problem they have with people who are gay, people who save people's lives...

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 national parade route, memorial day, independence day and the cherry blossom parade. a special exceptio...