cited cited indiana s upcoming religious freedom law as factors in his reassessment. reaction among scout leaders was mixed and it was noted that gates has a lot of credibility as a leader. there were a lot of people looking at each other and going this is not what we expected but leaders lead. bob gates is used to leading. this is not a guy who is used to sitting on the back seat and rubbing his hands and wondering what to do next. he s a leader and he s leading. i like that guy. current policy allows gay scouts but bans openly gay adult scoutmasters. we re joined by the hardball roundtable perry baker and fran chesso and jonathan allen of vox. perry, i was in the scouts for years and had the time of my life and we re going to talk