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The oldest Scout Troop in Northwest Louisiana will be celebrating it's 100 year anniversary this Saturday at Highland Park.

Community. the legislation now goes onto the house. brian? brian: thanks, ainsley. boycotts making a major change dropping boy from their name. we wanted to land on something that evokes the past but also conveys the inclusive nature of the program going forward. trying to find the right way to say we are here for both young men and young women so they are going to be called just scouts. here to react is johnny joey jones. the fact is, johnny, the people you serve with, a lot of them go through the scouting program and a lot of navy seals go through the scouting program. >> the skill sets you ...

Scouts of america's ban on gays on adults and youth. we've been very proud to see the boy scouts continue to step sfwardz. we think of this as yet another step forward into the 21st century. earlier this year they ended their ban on transgender members, which we commended them for. we think the decision to allow girls to participate in the cub scouts and eventually the boy scouts say they'll create a new or concurrent older scouting program that girls will be able to participate in and earn the rank of eagle scout. we think this is a really good step forward for the boy scouts. frankly, it res...

Claim considering the head of the boy scouts publically said at the speech, and i quote him, i want to extend my sincere apologies to those offended by the political rhetoric inserted. we sincerely regret politics were inserted into the scouting program. so when news of trump's claim that the chief scout had said was the greatest speech ever, when that broke, outfront immediately called the boy scouts and the scouts doubled down. they told us, quote, the chief sout executive's message speaks for itself. and then continued to tell us that the boy scout organization was unaware of any phone call...

Then encouraging the crowd to boo. now the head of the boy scouts is apologizing to organization members. in a post on-line he writes, in part, "i want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our scouting family who are offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree. that was never our intent. he adds that the scouts have invited every sitting president to the jamboree since it was started." it is no no way an endorsement of any person, party, or policy. for years people have called upon us to take a position on political issues, skps we have steadfastly remained non...