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Going to come out, andrea. but we will know in a couple of hours, members are voting now of the national council, 1400-member strong. this is not the same proposal that the scouts first floated in january. back then they signaled that after decades of fighting to preserve their ban on gay scouts and scout leaders, they were willing to accept a change in which local scout units could decide the issue for themselves. well that didn't go over very well. because people who wanted to keep the ban thought it was a bad idea. and people who wanted to get rid of the ban thought it was a bad, too, to al...

Scouting units to decide for themselves. we do not know when the decision will come. the boy scouts have not told us. but we are on top of it, martha. martha: it will be interesting when they do make that decision. casey stegall. gregg: the problems that could bankrupt a major city that the super bowl will not erase. martha: the postal service made a major announcement about your mail service that you need to know. [♪]

Now, you may recall that what the boy scouts were considering here was a change in their policy that would lift the national ban on permitting troops to allow in gay scouts or scout leaders, and leave it up to local organizations to decide that for themselves so that some could permit gay members and scouts and some would not. but now even that position is being put on hold. so, you know, there's been an outpouring of views on both sides, i think it's fair to say. a lot of support from people who thought this was the right move, but a great deal of pushback as well from people who thought this...

Scouting and to have popular culture impact 100 years of their standards is inappropriate. >> but this isn't about a fad or popular culture. scouting membership has dropped 21% since the supreme court upheld the gay ban in 2000. adult membership is down 14%. and there are almost 13% fewer scouting units nationwide. boy scout sponsors know we're a center-left nation. people like santorum and perry pretty much by the numbers are out of step. let's turn to michael rogers, gay activist and managing director of rawstory.com. mike, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. good evening. >> th...

Scouting and to have popular culture impact 100 years of their standards is inappropriate. >> but this isn't about a fad or popular culture. scouting membership has dropped 21% since the supreme court upheld the gay ban in 2000. adult membership is down 14%. and there are almost 13% fewer scouting units nationwide. boy scout sponsors know we're a center-left nation. people like santorum and perry pretty much by the numbers are out of step. let's turn to michael rogers, gay activist and managing director of rawstory.com. mike, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. good evening. >> th...