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Gay scouts might soon be allowed to join the boy scouts of america, but not gay scout leaders. that s the proposal from the scouts executive committee. a final proposal is expected to be presented to the boy scouts voting members at its meeting in dallas in may. now, this comes after the scouts back tracked from an idea to let local councils make their own decision. i want to talk about the proposed changes to the boy scouts policy now with john stenberger, former eagle scout and founder of onmyhonor.net, a group opposed to being openly gay in the boy scouts. he joins us from orlando. and then zach walls is the founder of scouts for equality and author of my two moms: lessons of love, strength and what makes family. he joins us from los angeles. so, john, let s start with you. what do you think about the compromise proposal put forward by the scouts executive committee? i think it s an awful proposal and it s going to destroy scouting as we know it. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120719:05:57:00

In my pack would think i abandoned them. i m here, i m not going anywhere. i m staying until i m included. the policy also ended scouting for eric jones, an eagle scout. he was told to pack up and leave the scout camp where he was working this summer in st. joseph, missouri, after he told the camp s director that he is gay. in 2000, the supreme court ruled 5-4 that the boy scouts is a private organization and can deny membership to gays. joining me now is zach wahls, founder of scouts for equality, and author of my two moms. zach, tell us about scouts for equality. scouts for equality is a group that i started in the wake of a petition delivery in june, similar to the one that jennifer delivered today down in texas. and it was a group that i felt was necessary to act as a public face of scouts, who also oppose this policy, as the eagle scout and the son of a lesbian couple, ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120719:16:51:00

So i guess that s the question, is can we see or foresee a way that a union movement or an environmental movement or a civil rights movement that is ongoing and that has real influence in the ability to impact change, could grow out of this kind of model? yeah, i think what s exciting is this is sparking the kinds of movements you re talking about. for example, right now, there s a woman who s a mom who ended up having the boy scouts, the troop leaders, 7-year-old kid. because she was kicked out of the boy scouts because she s gay, starts a petition, getting 300,000 people to join and massive media exposure. the result of that is a group called scouts for equality started in response. now we have thousands of eagle scouts and boy scouts around world that are joining in this broader movement. what it does, it s the facilita facilitator, the spark to generate longer-term movements. how these kind of movements factor into the current sort of political race that we re in and ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120719:02:57:00

And my big concern was the kids in my pack would think i abandoned them. i m here, i m not going anywhere. i m staying until i m included. the policy also ended scouting for eric jones, an eagle scout. he was told to pack up and leave the scout camp where he was working this summer in st. joseph, missouri, after he told the camp s director that he is gay. in 2000, the supreme court ruled 5-4 that the boy scouts is a private organization and can deny membership to gays. joining me now is zach wahls, founder of scouts for equality, and author of my two moms. zach, tell us about scouts for equality. scouts for equality is a group that i started in the wake of a petition delivery in june, similar to the one that jennifer delivered today down in texas. and it was a group that i felt was necessary to act as a public face of scouts, who also oppose this policy, as the eagle scout ....

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CNNW CNN Newsroom June 9, 2012

certainly about fair punishment. nick valencia has more now. nick? a local official in california is free on bond this weekend after being charged with felony child abuse. video of imperial valley official anthony sanchez allegedly shows him repeatedly hitting his 10-year-old stepson with a belt during a game of catch in their backyard. a neighbor who shot the video alerted police and after they viewed the pictures, charged sanchez with a felony. sanchez s attorney told cnn his client posted a $100,000 bond on friday, shortly after turning himself in, he was released from imperial county jail. the attorney ryan childers tells cnn that the video is hard to watch , but he says he does not agree his client s actions warranted the felony charge, which is the most serious child abuse charge available to law enforcement. he called sanchez a model citizen who has served nearly two terms as the elected director of the influential agency that regulates irrigation in californ ....

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